Lille Airport

Lille Airport
Aéroport de Lille
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSocièté de gestion de l'aéroport de la région de Lille (SOGAREL)
ServesLille, France
LocationLesquin, France
Elevation AMSL157 ft / 48 m
Coordinates50°33′48″N 003°05′13″E / 50.56333°N 3.08694°E / 50.56333; 3.08694
Websitelille.aeroport.fr
Map
LFQQ
Location of Lille Airport
LFQQ
LFQQ (France)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,825 9,268 Asphalt
02/20 1,580 5,184 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers2,078,549
Passenger change 17-189.1%
Sources: Airport,[1] French AIP[2]

Lille Airport[1] (French: Aéroport de Lille[1]) (IATA: LIL[3], ICAO: LFQQ[2]) is an airport located in Lesquin, 7 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Lille,[2] a city in northern France. It is also known as Lille-Lesquin Airport or Lesquin Airport. Lille is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the capital of the Hauts-de-France region and the prefecture of the Nord department. The airport is 15 minutes from the city centre of Lille.

It is the 12th busiest French airport by number of passengers: around 970,000 in 2001 and 1,397,637 in 2012.[4] In terms of cargo, it ranks fourth, with almost 38,000 tonnes passing through each year.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Lille Airport:[5]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens,[6] Heraklion[7]
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Montenegro Seasonal: Podgorica[8]
ASL Airlines France Algiers
Seasonal: Djerba (begins 12 April 2026)[9], Toulon[10]
easyJet Bordeaux,[11] Geneva,[11] Nice,[11] Marrakesh (begins 3 May 2026)[12]
Seasonal: Alicante,[13] Basel (begins 22 May 2026),[14] Palma de Mallorca[15]
Ryanair Fès,[16] Porto[11]
Seasonal: Marseille[11]
Transavia Dakar–Diass[17]
Volotea Agadir,[18] Ajaccio,[19] Barcelona,[20] Bastia,[19] Bordeaux,[21] Montpellier,[19] Nice,[19] Perpignan,[19] Rome–Fiumicino, Toulouse,[22] Venice[23]
Seasonal: Athens,[19] Burgas (begins 27 May 2026)[24], Bari (begins 23 May 2026)[25], Biarritz (begins 28 June 2026)[26], Calvi,[27] Comiso,[28] Corfu,[29] Dubrovnik,[19] Faro,[19][20] Figari,[19] Fuerteventura,[30] Gran Canaria (resumes 7 April 2026)[31], Heraklion,[19] Lanzarote,[30] Madrid, Málaga,[19][20] Marrakesh,[30] Menorca,[19][20] Olbia,[32][33] Palermo,[19][34] Palma de Mallorca,[19][27] Patras,[35] Rhodes,[19][29] Rodez,[36] Seville, Split,[19][34] Tenerife–South,[30], Toulon (begins 29 June 2026)[37], Varna[19][27], Valencia (begins 21 May 2026)[38]

Statistics

PassengersYear0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,00019601970198019902000201020202030PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Ground transportation

There is a shuttle bus between the airport and Lille Flandres railway station.

References

  1. ^ a b c Lille Airport (Aéroport de Lille) Archived 13 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, official website
  2. ^ a b c LFQQ – Lille Lesquin. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 19 March 2026.
  3. ^ Airport information for LIL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ^ Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2009 Archived 4 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ lille.aeroport.fr - Flight Search retrieved 11 May 2017
  6. ^ "Aegean becomes twelfth airline to serve Lille Airport". 9 February 2023.
  7. ^ "AEGEAN AIRLINES ADDS IRAKLEION – LILLE SERVICE IN NS23".
  8. ^ "Air Montenegro NS25 Network Additions – 04MAY25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Djerba to Lille Flight Schedule(April 2026)". flyteam.jp. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  10. ^ "ASL Airlines France NS25 Algiers Service Changes". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Lille, France". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 562. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  12. ^ "easyJet NS26 Morocco Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  13. ^ Liu, Jim (23 April 2024). "easyJet NS24 Network Additions – 21APR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  14. ^ "easyJet Basel to Lille announced". easyJet. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  15. ^ "EasyJet launches new flights from Lille to Palma de Mallorca". 7 March 2022.
  16. ^ Liu, Jim (6 March 2025). "Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 02MAR25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  17. ^ Liu, Jim (7 May 2024). "Transavia France NW24 New Routes Addition – 05MAY24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Lille, France LIL". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 597–599. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718.
  20. ^ a b c d "Seven new routes from Lille Airport". 28 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Bordeaux, France BOD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 157–159. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718.
  22. ^ "Aérien : Volotea : Lille relié à Nantes, Nice et Toulouse". 24 March 2021.
  23. ^ "Dieci anni di Volotea a Venezia e ora nuove rotte: Da ottobre i voli per Nizza e Lille". 5 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Burgas Airport Strengthens Its Air Connectivity with France through New Volotea Route". Bulgarian News Agency. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  25. ^ "Volotea is launching a brand-new route from Lille to Bari in 2026". Facebook. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  26. ^ "Volotea will launch 12 new routes from France". Facebook. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  27. ^ a b c "Volotea : Trois nouvelles destinations au départ de Lille-Lesquin". 23 February 2022.
  28. ^ "VOLOTEA ANNUNCIA LA NUOVA ROTTA COMISO – LILLE". italiavola.com (in Italian). 17 December 2024.
  29. ^ a b "Volotea : Kalamata, Rhodes et Corfou au départ de Lille en 2024 – Air Journal". 16 November 2023.
  30. ^ a b c d "Volotea volará desde Tenerife, Fuerteventura y Lanzarote a Lille". 21 July 2022.
  31. ^ "Volotea will launch 12 new routes from France". Facebook. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  32. ^ "Olbia, Italy OLB". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 838–839. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
  33. ^ "Volotea apre tre nuove rotte da Olbia per l'estate 2023". December 2022.
  34. ^ a b "Palermo, Volotea annuncia la nuova rotta per Lille". 2 March 2022.
  35. ^ https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/volotea/volotea-expands-in-lille-with-new-greek-route-for-2025/
  36. ^ "Volotea NS25 Network Change – 30MAR25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  37. ^ "Volotea will launch 12 new routes from France". Facebook. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  38. ^ "Volotea Announces Direct Route Between Valencia and Lille Starting May 2026". Aviacion al Dia. Retrieved 23 January 2026.

Media related to Lille Lesquin International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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  • Accident history for LIL at Aviation Safety Network
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