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Business aviation in France

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Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile - www.ecologie.gouv.fr/direction-generale-laviation-civile-dgac

Registered business aircraft:
1,440

Based business air charter operators:
51

Based business aircraft for charter:
428

Business air charter brokers:
54

Most prevalent aircraft types:

1	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	206
2	Airbus Helicopters H135	86
3	Airbus Helicopters H145	82
4	Piper twin piston	65
5	Airbus Helicopters H120	57
6	TBM700/850/900	50
7	Pilatus PC-6	48
8	Aerospatiale SE313	43
9	Beechcraft Twin Piston	40
10	Bell 206B JetRanger	39
11	Airbus Helicopters AS365	38
12	Beechcraft King Air 200	32
13	Eurocopter AS355	32
14	Cessna Caravan	28
15	Airbus Helicopters H130	25
16	Falcon 20/200	25
17	Beechcraft 1900	23
18	Aerospatiale SA316/8/9	22
19	ATR42/72	21
20	Pilatus PC-12	20
21	Diamond DA62	19
22	Citation Mustang	19
23	Embraer ERJ-135	19
24	Beechcraft King Air 90	17
25	Beechcraft King Air 300	16
26	Cessna 300 series	16
27	Diamond Twin Star	16
28	Airbus ACJ320	15
29	Piper PA-46 Meridian/M-Class	14
30	Airbus Helicopters H160	13
31	Partenavia P.68	13
32	Airbus Helicopters H215/H225/AS332	13
33	P180 Avanti	12
34	Viking DHC-6	12
35	Falcon 8X	11
36	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	10
37	Falcon 2000 EASy	10
38	Falcon 7X	10
39	Embraer Legacy 600/650	10
40	Falcon 50	10
41	Piper PA-46 Malibu/Mirage	9
42	Cessna 400 series	9
43	Embraer Phenom 300	9
44	Global 6000/Express/XRS	9
45	Agusta A109	9
46	Cessna Citation CJ2	9
47	Aerospatiale SA315B	9
48	Citation M2	8
49	Citation 550/551	8
50	Embraer Phenom 100	8
51	MDH 500	7
52	Robinson R66	7
53	Falcon 900EASy	7
54	Hawker 750/800/900	7
55	Britten Norman BN-2 Islander	6
56	AgustaWestland AW139	6
57	Falcon 10/100	6
58	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	6
59	Pilatus PC-24	5
60	Aerospatiale SA341/2 G	5
61	Falcon 900	5
62	Piper PA-31T	5
63	Airbus Helicopters H155B	5
64	Boeing B-737	4
65	Bell 407	4
66	Citation Latitude	4
67	Cessna Citation CJ3	4
68	Embraer Praetor 600	4
69	Bell 206L LongRanger	4
70	Aerospatiale SA360C	4
71	HondaJet	4
72	Sikorsky S-76	4
73	Embraer EMB 120	3
74	Airbus ACJ330	3
75	Daher Kodiak	3
76	Let 410	3
77	Global 7500	3
78	Tecnam P2006T	3
79	Airbus Helicopters H175	3
80	Tecnam P2012	3
81	Challenger 300	3
82	Gulfstream G500/G550	3
83	Bell 212	3
84	Global 5000	3
85	Boeing BBJ1	2
86	Hawker 1000	2
87	Commander 500/680	2
88	Jetstream 31/41	2
89	Bell 429	2
90	Falcon 2000	2
91	Boeing B-747	2
92	Gulfstream G650	2
93	Embraer Legacy 500	1
94	Embraer Praetor 500	1
95	Citation 500/501	1
96	Challenger 605	1
97	Boeing BBJ3	1
98	Airbus A310	1
99	Cirrus Vision Jet	1
100	Citation 650	1
101	Falcon 6X	1
102	Gulfstream GV	1
103	Aerospatiale SA330J	1
104	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	1
105	Gulfstream G280	1
106	Gulfstream G500/G600	1
107	Airbus ACJ318	1
108	Citation 560XL	1
109	Learjet 70/75	1
110	Embraer E170/190	1
111	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	1
112	CASA C-212	1
113	Partenavia AP.68TP	1
114	Corvette	1
115	Enstrom 480	1
116	Cessna F406 Caravan	1
117	Gulfstream GII	1
118	Britten Norman BN2T	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Paris (Le Bourget)	55 business aviation companies active
2	Nice/Cote d'Azur	34
3	Basel-Mulhouse	26
4	Cannes (Mandelieu)	25
5	Marseille/Provence	19
6	Toulouse (Blagnac)	18
7	Paris (Charles de Gaulle)	16
8	Lyon (Bron)	16
9	Bordeaux (Merignac)	16
10	Annecy (Meythet)	15
11	Paris (Orly)	13
12	Paris (Paris-Saclay-Versailles)	12
13	Lyon (Saint Exupery)	12
14	Gap (Tallard)	11
15	Lille (Lesquin)	10
16	Chambery (Savoie Mont Blanc)	10
17	Le Castellet International	9
18	Tarbes (Lourdes-Pyrenees)	8
19	Perpignan (Rivesaltes)	8
20	Nantes (Atlantique)	8
21	Grenoble (Alpes Isere)	8
22	Nimes (Garons)	7
23	Pau/Pyrenees	7
24	La Rochelle (Ile de Re)	7
25	Chateauroux (Chateauroux-Deols)	7
26	Toulouse (Toulouse Francazal)	6
27	Toulon (Hyeres)	6
28	Clermont-Ferrand/Auvergne	6
29	Le Cannet-des-Maures (Le Luc-Le Cannet)	5
30	Paris (Issy Les Moulineaux)	5
31	Valence (Chabeuil)	5
32	Troyes (Barberey)	5
33	Montpellier (Mediterranee)	5
34	Avignon (Avignon-Provence)	5
35	Ajaccio (Napoleon Bonaparte)	5
36	Aix en Provence (Les Milles)	5
37	Tours (Val de Loire)	4
38	Strasbourg (Entzheim)	4
39	St Brieuc (Armor)	4
40	Rennes (St Jacques)	4
41	Paris (Pontoise Cormeilles-en-Vexin)	4
42	Limoges (Bellegarde)	4
43	Le Puy (Loudes)	4
44	Le Mans (Arnage)	4
45	La Roche-sur-Yon (Les Ajoncs)	4
46	St. Tropez (La Mole)	4
47	Dinard (Pleurtuit-St Malo)	4
48	Dijon-Bourgogne	4
49	Colmar (Houssen)	4
50	Chalons (Paris-Vatry)	4
51	Chalon Champforgeuil	4
52	Bastia (Poretta)	4
53	Auxerre (Branches)	4
54	Auch (Gers)	4
55	Annemasse	4
56	Brest (Bretagne)	4
57	Lorient (Sud Bretagne)	3
58	Villefranche (Tarare)	3
59	Vannes (Meucon)	3
60	Valenciennes (Charles Nungesser)	3
61	St Nazaire (Montoir)	3
62	Saint-Etienne Loire	3
63	Rouen (Vallee de Seine)	3
64	Rodez Aveyron	3
65	Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)	3
66	Reims (Prunay)	3
67	Perigueux (Bassillac)	3
68	Morlaix (Ploujean)	3
69	Metz-Nancy/Lorraine	3
70	Merville (Calonne)	3
71	Melun (Paris-Villaroche)	3
72	Laval (Entrammes)	3
73	La Baule-Escoublac	3
74	Dole (Tavaux)	3
75	Cherbourg (Maupertus)	3
76	Caen (Carpiquet)	3
77	Bourges	3
78	Beziers (Cap d'Agde)	3
79	Beauvais (Tille)	3
80	Angers (Marce)	3
81	Valserhone (Bellegarde-Vouvray)	2
82	Chateaudun	2
83	Crozon (Lanveoc Poulmic AB)	2
84	Albertville (General Pierre Delachenal)	2
85	Dax Seyresse	2
86	Brive (Souillac)	2
87	Courchevel	2
88	St Yan	2
89	Saumur (St Florent)	2
90	Sarlat (Domme)	2
91	Quimper (Pluguffan)	2
92	Poitiers (Biard)	2
93	Pamiers (Les Pujols)	2
94	Orleans (St Denis de L'Hotel)	2
95	Nevers (Fourchambault)	2
96	Nancy (Essey)	2
97	Muret (L'Herm)	2
98	Montlucon-Gueret	2
99	Montbeliard (Courcelles)	2
100	Macon-Charnay	2
101	Les Sables D'Olonne (Talmont)	2
102	Le Touquet (Elizabeth II)	2
103	Le Havre (Octeville)	2
104	Lapalisse (Perigny)	2
105	Lannion	2
106	Ile D'Yeu (Le Grand Phare)	2
107	Haguenau	2
108	Grenoble (Le Versoud)	2
109	Gray (Saint Adrien)	2
110	Graulhet (Montdragon)	2
111	Figari (Sud Corse)	2
112	Etampes (Mondesir)	2
113	Epinal (Mirecourt)	2
114	Deauville (Normandie)	2
115	Charleville-Mezieres	2
116	Castres-Mazamet	2
117	Carcassone (Salvaza)	2
118	Calvi (Sainte Catherine)	2
119	Calais-Dunkerque	2
120	Cahors (Lalbenque)	2
121	Blois (Le Breuil)	2
122	Biarritz Pays Basque	2
123	Besancon (La Veze)	2
124	Bergerac (Dordogne Perigord)	2
125	Autun (Bellevue)	2
126	Aurillac	2
127	Angouleme (Cognac)	2
128	Ancenis	2
129	Albi (Le Sequestre)	2
130	Albert (Amiens-Henry Potez International)	2
131	Agen (La Garenne)	2
132	Jonzac Neulles	1
133	Istres (Le Tube)	1
134	Heliport de Grimaud	1
135	Saint-Florentin Cheu	1
136	Meaux-Esbly	1
137	Salon de Provence AB	1
138	Cuers (Pierrefeu)	1
139	Paris (Saint-Cyr-l’École)	1
140	Cognac Chateaubernard AB	1
141	La Barre-de-Monts (Beauvoir-Fromentine)	1
142	Lille (Marq-en-Baroeul)	1
143	Orel Airfield/Private Airfield	1
144	Issoire/Le Broc	1
145	Ramonchamp	1
146	Montelimar Ancone	1
147	Megeve	1
148	Cerny (La Ferte-Alais)	1
149	Dijon (Darois)	1
150	Villeneuve-sur-Lot	1
151	Vichy (Charmeil)	1
152	Vesoul (Frotey)	1
153	Verdun (Le Rozelier)	1
154	Ussel (Thalamy)	1
155	St Girons (Antichan)	1
156	St Flour (Coltines)	1
157	St Die (Remomeix)	1
158	Soulac sur Mer	1
159	Solenzara	1
160	Semur en Auxois	1
161	Sedan (Douzy)	1
162	Saulieu (Liernais)	1
163	Sarrebourg (Buhl)	1
164	Royan (Medis)	1
165	Roanne (Renaison)	1
166	Redon (Bains sur Oust)	1
167	Quiberon	1
168	Propriano	1
169	Pontivy	1
170	Pontarlier	1
171	Persan-Beaumont	1
172	Peronne-St Quentin	1
173	Oyonnax (Arbent)	1
174	Ouessant	1
175	Nogaro	1
176	Niort (Marais Poitevin)	1
177	Nangis (Les Loges)	1
178	Mulhouse (Habsheim)	1
179	Moulins (Montbeugny)	1
180	Mortagne au Perche	1
181	Montpellier (Candillargues)	1
182	Montceau les Mines (Pouilloux)	1
183	Montauban	1
184	Mont Dauphin (Saint Crepin)	1
185	Mimizan	1
186	Millau (Larzac)	1
187	Mende (Brenoux)	1
188	Mauleon	1
189	Maubeuge (Elesmes)	1
190	Marmande (Virazeil)	1
191	Luneville (Croismare)	1
192	Lognes (Emerainville)	1
193	Libourne (Artigues-de-Lussac)	1
194	Lezignan-Corbieres	1
195	Le Plessis-Belleville	1
196	Le Blanc	1
197	L'Aigle (Saint Michel)	1
198	Joigny	1
199	Guiscriff (Scaer)	1
200	Gueret (Saint Laurent)	1
201	Granville	1
202	Montayral (Fumel Aerodrome)	1
203	Fontenay-Tresigny	1
204	Flers (Saint Paul)	1
205	Figeac (Livernon)	1
206	Egletons	1
207	Dieppe (St Aubin)	1
208	Coulommiers (Voisins)	1
209	Cosne Sur Loire	1
210	Corte	1
211	Cholet (Le Pontreau)	1
212	Chatellerault (Targe)	1
213	Chartres (Champhol)	1
214	Castelsarrasin (Moissac)	1
215	Castelnaudary (Villeneuve)	1
216	Cassagnes-Begonhes	1
217	Carpentras (Ventoux)	1
218	Brive (La Roche)	1
219	Brienne (Le Chateau)	1
220	Bourg (Ceyzeriat)	1
221	Bordeaux (Leognan-Saucats)	1
222	Biscarrosse (Parentis)	1
223	Beaune (Challanges)	1
224	Barcelonnette Saint-Pons	1
225	Bagnoles De L'Orne (Couterne)	1
226	Aubigny-Sur-Nere	1
227	Aubenas (Vals-Lanas)	1
228	Arcachon (Villemarie)	1
229	Amiens (Glisy)	1
230	Ambert (Le Poyet)	1
231	Ales (Deaux)	1
232	Alencon (Valframbert)	1
233	Abbeville	1
234	Aire-Sur-L'Adour	1
235	Tours (Heliport de Belleville)	0
236	Les Mureaux	0
237	Epernay-Plivot	0
238	Pau (Lasclaveries)	0
239	Ghisonaccia Alzitone	0
240	Saintes-Thénac	0
241	Tours Sorigny	0
242	Saint-Junien	0
243	Mont-Lous (La Llagonne La Quillane)	0
244	Dunkerque–Les Moëres	0
245	Reims (Champagne)	0
246	Toulouse (Lasbordes)	0

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