EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg - Saint-Louis, France
N 47° 36.070 E 007° 31.840
32T E 389553 N 5273019
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is an international airport near Basel (Switzerland), Mulhouse (France), and Freiburg (Germany).
Waymark Code: WM4T89
Location: Grand-Est, France
Date Posted: 09/27/2008
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Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is one of the few airports in the world operated jointly by two countries, France and Switzerland. The airport is located completely on French soil, but is operated on an agreement established in 1946 where both Switzerland and France are granted access to the airport without any customs or other border restrictions.
The airport building itself is split into two separate halves, one half serving the French side (today considered the "Schengen" side) and the other half serving the Swiss side; there is a customs point at the middle of the terminal building so that people can "cross the border" to the other side of the airport. The "finger dock" which provides access to the aircraft is in a joint international zone into which all passengers on "international" flights emigrate before they board the plane.
Due to its unique international status, EuroAirport has three IATA airport codes: BSL (Basel) is the Swiss code, MLH (Mulhouse) is the French code and EAP (EuroAirport) is the international code. The ICAO airport code is LFSB.
This three code status often results in some effects - including price differences between fares offered to or from one airport code or the other, and tickets which are built of 'connections' and therefore 'non-stop'. For example, an Air France flight from MLH - CDG may be cheaper than one from BSL - CDG; and the flight from BSL - CDG will actually be ticketed as with a 'stop-over' in MLH, then consisting of two legs, a non-existent BSL - MLH one, and a flown MLH - CDG one.
(from wikipedia)
Type: International
ICAO Airport Code: LFSB
IATA Airport Code: BSL MLH EAP
FAA Identifier: Not listed
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