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airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
s in France, grouped by
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
and sorted by
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
. France is a country with its main territory in
Western Europe Western Europe is the western region of Europe. The region's countries and territories vary depending on context. The concept of "the West" appeared in Europe in juxtaposition to "the East" and originally applied to the ancient Mediterranean ...
, with several overseas territories and islands. The area known as
Metropolitan France Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the Europea ...
extends from the
Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...
to the
English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" ( Cotentinais) or (Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...
and the
North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegia ...
, and from the
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to the Atlantic Ocean. France is divided into 18 administrative
regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
, of which 13 are in metropolitan France (12 on the continent, plus
Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast o ...
) and 5 are overseas. The regions divided into 101 numbered departments which are in turn subdivided into 342 ''
arrondissements An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...
'' (districts), 4,032 ''
cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, ...
'', and 36,781 ''
communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
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Airports in metropolitan France

Locations shown in bold are as per the airport's AIP page. Most airports give two locations: the first is the city served, second is the city where the airport is located. ICAO location identifiers are linked to each airport's
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(AIP), where available, fro
''Service d'information aéronautique'' (SIA)
the French
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. Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. Links shown after airport name are intended to be moved as each airport's Wikipedia article is created: WEB indicates a link to the airport's website, UAF indicates a link to airport's page at '' L'Union des Aéroports Français''.


Airports in French territories

* List of airports in French Guiana *
List of airports in French Polynesia This is a list of airports in French Polynesia, sorted by location. French Polynesia (french: Polynésie française) is an overseas territory (''territoire d'outre-mer'' or ''TOM'') of France with the particular designation of overseas country ( ...
* List of airports in Guadeloupe * List of airports in Martinique * List of airports in Mayotte * List of airports in New Caledonia * List of airports in Réunion * List of airports in Saint Barthélemy * List of airports in Saint Martin * List of airports in Saint Pierre and Miquelon * List of airports in Wallis and Futuna


See also

*
List of the busiest airports in France Below is a list of the busiest airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including ...
* List of French Air Force bases * List of airports by ICAO code: L#LF – France * Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Europe#France


References

;Civil aviation
Aeronautical Information Service / ''Service d'information aéronautique'' (SIA)

''Union des Aéroports Français''
;Military aviation
''Direction de la Circulation Aérienne Militaire'' (DIRCAM)
**  
Map with locations of French Air Bases
;Other * * * - includes IATA codes * - IATA and ICAO codes


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External links

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