Basel Airport

Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is an international airport and company based in France. An agreement in 1949 gives the airport its international status, which is unusual for an airport. The airport is located entirely on French territory and has a Swiss customs sector, which is connected via a toll road to Basel. [More]

Details

Airport Name	Basel - Euroairport
City	Basel
Country	Switzerland
Tel.	+41 61 325 31 11 (CH); +33 3 89 90 31 11 (F)
Website	www.euroairport.com/
Timezone	Europe/Paris
IATA-Code	BSL
Terminals	1,2
Address	Flughafen Basel-Mulhouse; Postfach 142; CH-4030 Basel
	Runway Name Length Width 16/34 3,900 m 60 m 08/26 1,819 m 60 m 15R/33L 630 m m

More information about Basel Airport

Behind Zurich and Geneva, this is Switzerland's third largest airport and one of the five largest regional airports on the French side. In 2004, the airport was able to count approximately 2549 million passengers. Since 2005, passenger numbers have increased disproportionately as the British low-cost carrier easyJet has been based at the airport with a selection of destinations. In 2005, more than 3315 million passengers used the airport. In 2006, the airport counted more than 4 million passengers, the highest since it was opened, and was thereby able to beat the figure from 2001 (about 3.55 million).

The departures from the Euro Airport, which are administered by Swiss management, are operated under the destination airport of Basel, Switzerland (IATA: BSL), the flights under French management are operated with the destination airport Mulhouse, France (IATA code MLH). From both of these, the exits to Switzerland and France may be used.

When looking for a flights from the Euro Airport, both destinations should be searched for, a fact which many travel agents are not aware of, a flight Mulhouse - Paris CDG operated by Air France may be cheaper than Basel - Paris CDG by Swiss and vice versa. A ticket "BSL-CDG“ may well be issued with the transfer MLH. The section BSL to MLH is travelled by foot. In contrast to most other airports, on arrival the baggage reclaim area comes before passport control. Only after having picked up the luggage, do passengers pass through the Swiss or French border controls.

Transport

6 km or 4 miles north west of Basel; access via Zollfreistrasse; highway A35 / A3.

Parking

Yes; paid parking – about 2300 short and long term spaces (CH) and 3600 short and long term spaces (F).