Lille Airport

Lille Airport

*Aéroport de Lille*
Lille Airport; Aéroport de Lille
	IATA: LIL; ICAO: LFQQ;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Socièté de gestion de l'aéroport de la région de Lille (SOGAREL)
Serves	Lille, France
Location	Lesquin, France
Elevation AMSL	157 ft / 48 m
Coordinates	50°33′48″N 003°05′13″E / 50.56333°N 3.08694°E
Website	lille.aeroport.fr
Map
	LFQQ Location of Lille Airport LFQQ LFQQ (France)
Runways
Statistics (2018)
Passengers
Passengers	2,078,549
Passenger change 17-18	9.1%
	Sources: Airport, French AIP

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.^{[clarification needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens,^[6] Heraklion^[7]
Air Algérie	Algiers Seasonal: Constantine,^{[citation needed]} Oran^{[citation needed]}
Air Arabia	Seasonal: Oujda^[8]^{[better source needed]}
Air Montenegro	Seasonal: Podgorica^[9]
ASL Airlines France	Algiers Seasonal: Toulon^[10]
EasyJet	Bordeaux,^[11] Geneva,^[11] Nice^[11] Seasonal: Alicante,^[12] Palma de Mallorca^[13]
Nouvelair	Seasonal: Djerba,^{[citation needed]} Monastir,^{[citation needed]} Tunis^{[citation needed]}
Ryanair	Fès,^[14] Porto^[11] Seasonal: Marseille^[11]
Sky Express	Seasonal: Heraklion^{[citation needed]}
Transavia	Dakar^[15]
TUI fly Belgium^[16]	Seasonal: Agadir,^{[citation needed]} Casablanca,^{[citation needed]} Marrakesh,^{[citation needed]} Nador,^{[citation needed]} Oujda^{[citation needed]}
Volotea	Agadir,^[17] Ajaccio,^[18] Barcelona,^[19] Bastia,^[18] Bordeaux,^[20] Montpellier,^[18] Nice,^[18] Perpignan,^[18] Rome–Fiumicino, Toulouse,^[21] Venice^[22] Seasonal: Athens,^[18] Calvi,^[23] Comiso,^[24] Corfu,^[25] Dubrovnik,^[18] Faro,^[18]^[19] Figari,^[18] Fuerteventura,^[26] Heraklion,^[18] Kalamata^[27]^{[better source needed]}, Lanzarote,^[26] Málaga,^[18]^[19] Marrakesh,^[26] Menorca,^[18]^[19] Olbia,^[28] Palermo,^[18]^[29] Palma de Mallorca,^[18]^[23] Patras,^[30] Rhodes,^[18]^[25] Rodez,^[31] Split,^[18]^[29] Tenerife–South,^[26] Varna^[18]^[23]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at LIL airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transportation

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lille Airport (Aéroport de Lille) Archived 13 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, official website
^ ^a ^b ^c LFQQ – Lille Lesquin. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 10 July 2025.
^ Airport information for LIL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2009 Archived 4 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ lille.aeroport.fr - Flight Search retrieved 11 May 2017
^ "Aegean becomes twelfth airline to serve Lille Airport". 9 February 2023.
^ "AEGEAN AIRLINES ADDS IRAKLEION – LILLE SERVICE IN NS23".
^ "AIR ARABIA MAROC NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05FEB23".
^ "Air Montenegro NS25 Network Additions – 04MAY25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
^ "ASL Airlines France NS25 Algiers Service Changes". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
^ ^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.
^ Liu, Jim (23 April 2024). "easyJet NS24 Network Additions – 21APR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
^ "EasyJet launches new flights from Lille to Palma de Mallorca". 7 March 2022.
^ Liu, Jim (6 March 2025). "Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 02MAR25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
^ Liu, Jim (7 May 2024). "Transavia France NW24 New Routes Addition – 05MAY24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
^ "Flight plan". tui.be.
^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Seven new routes from Lille Airport". 28 April 2022.
^ "Bordeaux, France BOD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 157–159. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718.
^ "Aérien : Volotea : Lille relié à Nantes, Nice et Toulouse". 24 March 2021.
^ "Dieci anni di Volotea a Venezia e ora nuove rotte: Da ottobre i voli per Nizza e Lille". 5 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Volotea : Trois nouvelles destinations au départ de Lille-Lesquin". 23 February 2022.
^ "VOLOTEA ANNUNCIA LA NUOVA ROTTA COMISO – LILLE". italiavola.com (in Italian). 17 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Volotea : Kalamata, Rhodes et Corfou au départ de Lille en 2024 – Air Journal". 16 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Volotea volará desde Tenerife, Fuerteventura y Lanzarote a Lille". 21 July 2022.
^ "Volotea: Πτήσεις από Λιλ και Λυών προς Καλαμάτα-Σύνδεση και με Πορτογαλία". 15 November 2023.
^ "Volotea apre tre nuove rotte da Olbia per l'estate 2023". December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Palermo, Volotea annuncia la nuova rotta per Lille". 2 March 2022.
^ https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/volotea/volotea-expands-in-lille-with-new-greek-route-for-2025/
^ "Volotea NS25 Network Change – 30MAR25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

External links

Media related to Lille Lesquin International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

[Airport-1] Lille Airport (Aéroport de Lille) Archived 13 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, official website

[AIP-2] LFQQ – Lille Lesquin. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 10 July 2025.

[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] .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".

[AirArabia-8] "AIR ARABIA MAROC NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05FEB23".

[9] "Air Montenegro NS25 Network Additions – 04MAY25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

[10] "ASL Airlines France NS25 Algiers Service Changes". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 January 2025.

[OAG_World_Aug2023_562_562-11] "Lille, France". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 562. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.

[12] Liu, Jim (23 April 2024). "easyJet NS24 Network Additions – 21APR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.

[13] "EasyJet launches new flights from Lille to Palma de Mallorca". 7 March 2022.

[14] Liu, Jim (6 March 2025). "Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 02MAR25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.

[15] Liu, Jim (7 May 2024). "Transavia France NW24 New Routes Addition – 05MAY24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

[TUI.be-16] "Flight plan". tui.be.

[17] "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".

[OAG_World_May2025_597_599-18] ^ ^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.

[Volotea1-19] "Seven new routes from Lille Airport". 28 April 2022.

[20] "Bordeaux, France BOD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 157–159. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718.

[routard.com-21] "Aérien : Volotea : Lille relié à Nantes, Nice et Toulouse". 24 March 2021.

[22] "Dieci anni di Volotea a Venezia e ora nuove rotte: Da ottobre i voli per Nizza e Lille". 5 April 2022.

[Volotea3-23] "Volotea : Trois nouvelles destinations au départ de Lille-Lesquin". 23 February 2022.

[24] "VOLOTEA ANNUNCIA LA NUOVA ROTTA COMISO – LILLE". italiavola.com (in Italian). 17 December 2024.

[aj01-25] "Volotea : Kalamata, Rhodes et Corfou au départ de Lille en 2024 – Air Journal". 16 November 2023.

[Volotea2-26] "Volotea volará desde Tenerife, Fuerteventura y Lanzarote a Lille". 21 July 2022.

[27] "Volotea: Πτήσεις από Λιλ και Λυών προς Καλαμάτα-Σύνδεση και με Πορτογαλία". 15 November 2023.

[28] "Volotea apre tre nuove rotte da Olbia per l'estate 2023". December 2022.

[Volotea4-29] "Palermo, Volotea annuncia la nuova rotta per Lille". 2 March 2022.

[30] ttps://www.aviation24.be/airlines/volotea/volotea-expands-in-lille-with-new-greek-route-for-2025/

[31] "Volotea NS25 Network Change – 30MAR25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

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