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List Of Border Crossing Points In France
The following is a list of border crossing points in France (french: link=no, points de passages frontaliers, or ) forming the external border of the Schengen Area. By contrast, the term ''points de passages autorisés'' () refers to the crossing points at the border between France and other Schengen countries (i.e. internal borders of the Schengen Area). At the main border crossing points that receive traffic from outside the Schengen Area, the Police aux Frontières carries out immigration checks, whilst Customs are responsible for customs checks. At smaller regional border crossing points that receive limited traffic from outside the Schengen Area, Customs are responsible for carrying out both immigration and customs checks. PARAFE self-service gates have been installed at a number of border crossing points to facilitate passage for eligible travellers (European Economic Area, Andorran, Monegasque, San Marinese and Swiss biometric passport holders aged 18 or over). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schengen Area
The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and justice policy of the EU, it mostly functions as a single jurisdiction under a common visa policy for international travel purposes. The area is named after the 1985 Schengen Agreement and the 1990 Schengen Convention, both signed in Schengen, Luxembourg. Of the 27 EU member states, 23 participate in the Schengen Area. Of the five EU members that are not part of the Schengen Area, three—Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania—are legally obligated to join the area in the future; Croatia has been approved to join on January 1, 2023; Ireland maintains an opt-out, and instead operates its own visa policy. The four European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, are not members of the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angers – Loire Airport
Angers – Loire Airport (french: Aéroport d'Angers-Loire, ) is an airport located in Marcé, northeast of Angers, both '' communes'' of the Maine-et-Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region of France. It is also known as Angers – Marcé Airport (french: Aéroport d'Angers – Marcé). Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 08/26 and measuring . It also has two grass runways: 08L/26R is and 08R/26L is . Airlines and destinations In April 2017, when Air France Hop announced a service to Bastia, the airport was not served by any scheduled commercial traffic. Previously, Angers was served during the summer by two airlines: British Airways to London-City and IGavion (operated by SkyTaxi) to Nice and Toulouse. As of April 2021, Air France Hop cancelled its sole seasonal route to Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, south-west of Manchester city centre. In 2019, it was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers and the busiest of those not serving London. The airport comprises three passenger terminals and a cargo terminal, and is the only airport in the UK other than Heathrow Airport to operate two runways over in length. Manchester Airport covers an area of and has flights to 199 destinations, placing the airport thirteenth globally for total destinations served. Officially opened on 25 June 1938, it was initially known as Ringway Airport, a name still in local use. In World War II, as RAF Ringway, it was a base for the Royal Air Force. The airport is owned and managed by the Manchester Airport Holdings (trading as ''MAG''), a holding company owned by the Australian finance house IFM Investors and the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport (), called ''London Airport'' until 1966 and now known as London Heathrow , is a major international airport in London, England. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others being Gatwick, City, Luton, Stansted and Southend). The airport facility is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. In 2021, it was the seventh-busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic and eighth-busiest in Europe by total passenger traffic. Heathrow was founded as a small airfield in 1929 but was developed into a much larger airport after World War II. The airport lies west of Central London on a site that covers . It was gradually expanded over seventy-five years and now has two parallel east-west runways, four operational passengers terminals and one cargo terminal. The airport is the primary hub for both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Location Heathrow is west of central London. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastia – Poretta Airport
Bastia – Poretta Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Bastia Poretta; co, Aeroportu di Bastia Poreta), ) is an airport serving Bastia on the French mediterranean island of Corsica. It is located south southeast of Bastia at Lucciana, both of which are '' communes'' of the Upper Corsica department. History In 1944, during World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force. On 31 July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the legendary French pilot, took off from this airport and disappeared, on a reconnaissance flight over France in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning. USAAF combat units assigned: * 414th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 5 February–July 1944; 5 September – 13 October 1944, Bristol Beaufighter *527th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, (Twelfth Air Force), 12 July-23 September 1944, P-47 Thunderbolt * 416th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 14–23 August 1944, P-61 Black Widow * 417th Night Fighter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton Airport
Southampton Airport is an international airport located in both Eastleigh and Southampton, Hampshire in the United Kingdom. The airport is located north-north-east of central Southampton. The southern tip of the runway lies within the Southampton unitary authority boundary with most of the airport, including all of the terminal buildings, within the Borough of Eastleigh. The airport handled nearly two million passengers during 2016, an 8.8% increase compared with 2015, making it the 18th busiest airport in the UK. Southampton Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P690) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The airport is owned and operated by AGS Airports which also owns and operates Aberdeen and Glasgow Airports. It was previously owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly known as BAA). Up to March 2020, 95% of the flights from Southampton were operated by Flybe. However, the airline we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exeter Airport
Exeter Airport , formerly ''Exeter International Airport'', is an international airport located at Clyst Honiton in East Devon, close to the city of Exeter and within the county of Devon, South West England. Exeter has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P759) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The airport offers both scheduled and holiday charter flights within the United Kingdom and Europe. In 2007, the airport handled over 1 million passengers per year for the first time, although passenger throughput subsequently declined, recovering to 931,000 passengers in 2018. In 2019, passenger numbers once again passed the 1 million mark, due in part to Ryanair operating several new flights to/from the airport. Prior to its collapse in 2020, the airline Flybe accounted for over 80% of the airport's passenger numbers. Passenger numbers declined sharply to 148,000 in 2020. Location Exeter Airport is located east of the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Airport
Birmingham Airport , formerly ''Birmingham International Airport'', is an international airport located east-southeast of Birmingham city centre, west-northwest of Coventry slightly north of Bickenhill village, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England. Officially opened as ''Elmdon Airport'' on 8 July 1939, the airport was requisitioned by the Air Ministry during Second World War and used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy as ''RAF Elmdon''. It was largely used for flight training and wartime production purposes. On 8 July 1946, the aerodrome was reopened to civilian operations. Birmingham Airport currently holds a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P451) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. Passenger throughput in 2017 was over 12.9 million, making Birmingham the seventh busiest airport in the UK. The airport offers international flights to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, the Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avignon – Caumont Airport
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune had a population of 93,671 as of the census results of 2017, with about 16,000 (estimate from Avignon's municipal services) living in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval walls. It is France's 35th largest metropolitan area according to INSEE with 336,135 inhabitants (2019), and France's 13th largest urban unit with 458,828 inhabitants (2019). Its urban area was the fastest-growing in France from 1999 until 2010 with an increase of 76% of its population and an area increase of 136%. The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon, a cooperation structure of 16 communes, had 192,785 inhabitants in 2018. Between 1309 and 1377, during the Avignon Papacy, seven successive popes resided in Avignon and in 1348 Pope Clement VI bought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auxerre – Branches Aerodrome
Auxerre – Branches Aerodrome (french: Aérodrome d'Auxerre - Branches) is an airport serving Auxerre and Branches, both '' communes'' of the Yonne department in the Bourgogne region of France. The airport is located northwest of Auxerre and approximately southeast of Branches. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 01/19 with an asphalt Asphalt, also known as bitumen (, ), is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term a ... surface measuring . Statistics References External links *Official Auxerre Airport website*''CCI de l'Yonne''* {{DEFAULTSORT:Auxerre - Branches Aerodrome Airports in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Buildings and structures in Yonne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemasse Aerodrome
Annemasse Aerodrome or Marcel Bruchon Aerodrome (french: Aérodrome d'Annemasse) , is an airport in Annemasse, a '' commune'' in Haute-Savoie, France. References *French Aeronautical Information Publication for (PDF Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. ...) External links Web-site Airports in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Buildings and structures in Haute-Savoie {{France-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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