Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport
Nimes, France
Nîmes Airport or Nîmes–Alès–Camargue–Cévennes Airport (Aéroport de Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cevenas, Occitan: Aeroport de Nimes–Alès–Camarga–Cevènnes) (IATA: FNI, ICAO: LFTW) is an airport located 9 km (4.9 NM) south-southeast of the city of Nîmes, in the village of Saint-Gilles near Garons, France. It is also known as Garons Airport or Nîmes Garons Airport. The airport serves the Provence region, including the communes of Nîmes and Alès in the Gard department, the Camargue area and the Cévennes. It currently has some commercial services, operated by Irish carrier Ryanair, as well as serving as a naval air base. The French navy (Marine Nationale) pulled out some years ago. Their former facilities are now used by the Armee de Terre. The Securite Civile flying base, formerly at Marseille (LFML), has moved to Garons.
Airport data from the OpenFlights open database.