Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France)

IATA: BOD ICAO: LFBD

Longest Active Runway

10,171 ft

3,100 meters

Field Elevation

162 ft

49 m MSL

Runway Inventory

2 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

44.8287°, -0.7154°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #512 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#839 of 7558

Top 11.2% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (France)

tied #7 of 9 in FR

same length as BES · #10 of 119 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+1.7%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 BOD in numbers: 10,171 ft longest runway · tied #512 of 650 published · #839 of 7,558 worldwide (top 11.2%) · tied #7 in France.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

BOD lies at 49 m (162 ft), #394 of 650 published airports by elevation and 34.3 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 230 ft below the France median (392 ft, 9 airports); CFE is highest at 1,090 ft, 928 ft higher than BOD.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of BOD. Nearest published airport: Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS), 115 NM, 11,483 ft (1,312 ft longer than BOD); 4 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,171 ft (3,100 m)

BOD runways: 05/23 10,171 × 148 ft asphalt (asp); 11/29 7,923 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: tied #7 of 9 in France with BES at 10,171 ft; CDG leads by 3,658 ft (13,829 ft). +1.7% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
05/23	10,171 ft (3100 m / 3.100 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
11/29	7,923 ft (2415 m / 2.415 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →