French ski airports are located in the French Alps region close to the top winter resorts of the country.
Chambery airport
Chambery airport (Chambéry, IATA code: CMF) is a small airport between Grenoble and Geneva, which receives mostly charter flights from Britain, Holland, Sweden and Russia. Russian airlines in Chambery are presented by S7 Company. In an hour's drive from the airport are located such ski resorts as La Norma, La Tania, Meribel, Courchevel and Megeve.
Grenoble airport
Grenoble airport (Aéroport de Grenoble-Isère, IATA code: GNB) is located 40 km from Grenoble. It is one of the largest airports in the French Alps. Its terminals each year serve about 500 000 people. Airport receives flights of such budget airlines as Wizz and Ryanair. Polish airline LOT organizes regular flights from Warsaw. In an hour's drive from the airport are located such resorts as Alpe d'Huez, Les Deux Alpes and Vaujany.
Nice airport
Nice airport (IATA code: NCE) is the third largest passenger airport in France. The airport is better known as the gateway to the Cote d'Azur. Nevertheless, from Nice it is easy to reach a number of ski resorts in the Southern Alps. Among them are Isola 2000, Auron and Valberg.
Toulouse airport
Toulouse airport (IATA code: TLS) is one of the largest airports in France, which annually receives about 6 million people. From this airport it is convenient to get to the French Pyrenees - such resorts as Ascou-Pailhères, Peyragudes and others.
Lyon airports
Lyon airport (Lyon-Saint Exupéry) is the largest ski airport of the country. It provides for transfers to hundreds of ski resorts in France, including Val Thorens, Chamoux, Val d'Isere and other winter holiday areas of the Rhone-Alpes region.
Lyon-Bron airport, located 10 kilometers from Lyon is another airport, which is mainly used by low cost airlines.
