Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)

General Information

Airport Status: From the Summer season 2020 (S20), Nantes Atlantique airport is declared as “schedules facilitated”
as per EU Regulation 95/93

Order of October 1, 2019 qualifying Nantes-Atlantique as schedule facilitation airport from summer 2020 (S20)

IATA Status : Level 2 airport

Access to the AIP of this airport

(eAIP FRANCE > lien “Effective Date” > sélectionner “AD 2 AERODROMES” dans le menu de gauche > rechercher “LFRS — NANTES ATLANTIQUE”)

Traffic to be schedules facilitated:
All type of operations, including general and business aviation.

Flights information : 

• Commercial Aviation (Reference: IATA Standard Schedule Information Manual Chapter 6):

All flights information, modifications and deletions shall be sent to COHOR via e-mail: slots@cohor.org

in turnaround format so that the parking constraint can be respected.

When applicable, the facilitator must be informed of any joint operation/franchise/code sharing agreements prior to the beginning of such operations.

• General and Business Aviation :

Air carriers directly contact their handling agents who are in charge of requesting for slots at COHOR. Their contacts for Nantes airport are listed in the AIP France AD2 LFRS TEXT 04.

Contraintes de facilitation W21

Airport Status: From the Summer season 2020 (S20), Nantes Atlantique airport is declared as “schedules facilitated”
as per EU Regulation 95/93

Order of October 1, 2019 qualifying Nantes-Atlantique as schedule facilitation airport from summer 2020 (S20)

W21 season: From Sunday 31st October 2021 to Saturday 26th March 2022

Traffic to be schedules facilitated:
All type of operations, including business and general aviation.

1. -Facilitation parameters for Nantes-Atlantique airport from April 5, 2021

• Parameters related to capacity of parking stands :

For any rotation (arrival then departure),

• COHOR recommends schedules within the limits of 23 parking stands:

• • • 23 parking stands for aircraft in size category (1) (see annex) ;
    • 21 parking stands for aircraft in size category (2) (see annex) ;
    • 18 parking stands for aircraft in size category (3) (see annex) ;
    • 13 parking stands for aircraft in size category (4) (see annex).

With the following specificities:

• • • Code C aircraft use 1 stand;
    • Code D aircraft use 1 stand and code E use 2 stands, within the following limits:
      • 1 code E freight aircraft;
      • 2 code E aircraft;
      • 3 code D freight aircraft;
      • 2 code D freight aircraft and 1 code E freight aircraft;
      • 4 code D aircraft;
      • 3 code D aircraft and 1 code E freight aircraft;
      • 4 code D and E aircraft.
    • Code F aircraft use 9 stands.

• When the only general and business aviation (GABA) parking stand is used, GABA flights may park on commercial aviation stands with a limit of a maximum stopover time of 3 hours when more than 19 commercial stands are already used.

• Parameters related to terminal capacity, limits of:
  For any departure of a commercial aviation aircraft, COHOR recommends departure times taking into account the processing capacity of the boarding lounges. To do this, the facilitator assesses the impact of each schedule recommendation against this capacity on the basis of the planned aircraft, a load factor of 85% and the following maximum numbers of passengers:

• 1000 passengers per 30-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths
• 3660 passengers per 120-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths

These maximum numbers are the result of the capacity study which took into account the passenger presentation curves over time. For the purposes of the parameters, it is assumed that all passengers on a flight show up on the departure time.

II.- See Annex in attached notification

Facilitation constraints S21

Airport Status: From the Summer season 2020 (S20), Nantes Atlantique airport is declared as “schedules facilitated”
as per EU Regulation 95/93

Order of October 1, 2019 qualifying Nantes-Atlantique as schedule facilitation airport from summer 2020 (S20)

S21 season: From Sunday 28th March 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021

Traffic to be schedules facilitated:
All type of operations, including business and general aviation.

1. -Facilitation parameters for Nantes-Atlantique airport from April 5, 2021

• Parameters related to capacity of parking stands :

For any rotation (arrival then departure),

• COHOR recommends schedules within the limits of 23 parking stands:

• • • 23 parking stands for aircraft in size category (1) (see annex) ;
    • 21 parking stands for aircraft in size category (2) (see annex) ;
    • 18 parking stands for aircraft in size category (3) (see annex) ;
    • 13 parking stands for aircraft in size category (4) (see annex).

With the following specificities:

• • • Code C aircraft use 1 stand;
    • Code D aircraft use 1 stand and code E use 2 stands, within the following limits:
      • 1 code E freight aircraft;
      • 2 code E aircraft;
      • 3 code D freight aircraft;
      • 2 code D freight aircraft and 1 code E freight aircraft;
      • 4 code D aircraft;
      • 3 code D aircraft and 1 code E freight aircraft;
      • 4 code D and E aircraft.
    • Code F aircraft use 9 stands.

• When the only general and business aviation (GABA) parking stand is used, GABA flights may park on commercial aviation stands with a limit of a maximum stopover time of 3 hours when more than 19 commercial stands are already used.

• Parameters related to terminal capacity, limits of:
  For any departure of a commercial aviation aircraft, COHOR recommends departure times taking into account the processing capacity of the boarding lounges. To do this, the facilitator assesses the impact of each schedule recommendation against this capacity on the basis of the planned aircraft, a load factor of 85% and the following maximum numbers of passengers:

• 1000 passengers per 30-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths
• 3660 passengers per 120-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths

These maximum numbers are the result of the capacity study which took into account the passenger presentation curves over time. For the purposes of the parameters, it is assumed that all passengers on a flight show up on the departure time.

II.- See Annex in attached notification

Works at Nantes-Atlantique airport / S21

Runway closure during the S21 season (UTC Times) :

• Night from 17 to 18MAY : 21:50 – 02:59
• Night from 18 to 19MAY : 22:20 – 02:59
• Night from 19 to 20MAY : 21:40 – 02:59
• Night from 20 to 21MAY : 22:40 – 02:59

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Facilitation constraints W20

Airport Status: From the Summer season 2020 (S20), Nantes Atlantique airport is declared as “schedules facilitated”
as per EU Regulation 95/93

Order of October 1, 2019 qualifying Nantes-Atlantique as schedule facilitation airport from summer 2020 (S20)

W20 season: From Sunday 25th October 2020 to Saturday 27th March 2021

Traffic to be schedules facilitated:
All type of operations, including business and general aviation.

Facilitation parameters

Parameters related to terminal capacity, limits of:

For any departure of a commercial aviation aircraft, COHOR recommends departure times taking into account the processing capacity of the boarding lounges. To do this, the facilitator assesses the impact of each schedule recommendation against this capacity on the basis of the planned aircraft, a load factor of 85% and the following maximum numbers of passengers:

• 1000 passengers per 30-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths
• 3660 passengers per 120-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths

These maximum numbers are the result of the capacity study which took into account the passenger presentation curves over time. For the purposes of the parameters, it is assumed that all passengers on a flight show up on the departure time.

Parameters related to capacity of parking stands:

WORKS at Nantes Atlantique airport – Winter season W20

Parameters related to capacity of parking stands:
• limit of 20 parking spaces
• A, B, C-coded aircraft use 1 stand
• D- or E- coded aircraft use 2 stands
• F-coded aircraft use 9 stands
• when GABA parking stand used, GABA flights may park on commercial aviation stands with the limit of a maximum stopover time of 3 hours when more than 16 stands are already used

Parameters related to capacity of parking stands:
• limit of 22 parking spaces
• A, B, C-coded aircraft use 1 stand
• D- or E- coded aircraft use 2 stands
• F-coded aircraft use 9 stands
• when GABA parking stand used, GABA flights may park on commercial aviation stands with the limit of a maximum stopover time of 3 hours when more than 18 stands are already used

Parameters related to capacity of parking stands:
• limit of 19 parking spaces
• A, B, C-coded aircraft use 1 stand
• D- or E- coded aircraft use 2 stands
• F-coded aircraft use 9 stands
• when GABA parking stand used, GABA flights may park on commercial aviation stands with the limit of a maximum stopover time of 3 hours when more than 15 stands are already used

Parameters related to capacity of parking stands:
• limit of 23 parking spaces
• A, B, C-coded aircraft use 1 stand
• D- or E- coded aircraft use 2 stands
• F-coded aircraft use 9 stands
• when GABA parking stand used, GABA flights may park on commercial aviation stands with the limit of a maximum stopover time of 3 hours when more than 19 stands are already used

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