Lyon, St-Exupéry (LYS/LFLL) France - 2006

IATA: LYS – ICAO: LFLL
Summary
Airport type		Public, Saint-Exupéry International Airport, formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport, is an airport located near Lyon, France. The airport is named after the French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a native of Lyon. The airport was inaugurated by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on 12 April 1975 and welcomed its first passengers a week later. It was designed to replace the old Lyon Bron airport which could not be extended as it lay in an urban area. In 2005, the airport has welcome more than 6.5 million passengers, mostly on international lines, which makes it France's fourth busiest airport after Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Nice airports.
Location		Lyon, France
Elevation AMSL
Coordinates
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
18R/36L	13,124	4,000	Asphalt
18L/36R	8,760	2,670	Asphalt

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Lyon DSp Video
Year	Sony		Spot Location
		Digital
2006			Inside the terminal behind the windows

Spotting at Lyon (LYS) France - 2006
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