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Bordeaux, France

Official achievement authored by Bobby Allen.

Bordeaux is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "Bordelais" (masculine) or "Bordelaises" (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region.

The city of Bordeaux had a population of 259,809 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of 49 km2 (19 sq miles) but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Bordeaux metropolitan area had a population of 1,376,375 that same year (Jan. 2020 census), the sixth-most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, and Toulouse.

Bordeaux is an international tourist destination for its architectural and cultural heritage with more than 350 historic monuments, making it, after Paris, the city with the most listed or registered monuments in France. The "Pearl of Aquitaine" has been voted European Destination of the year in a 2015 online poll.

Bordeaux is a major centre for business in France as it has the sixth largest metropolitan population in France. It serves as a major regional center for trade, administration, services and industry.

Bordeaux is classified "City of Art and History". The city is home to 362 monuments historiques (only Paris has more in France) with some buildings dating back to Roman times. Bordeaux, Port of the Moon, has been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble".

Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac) (IATA: BOD, ICAO: LFBD) is the international airport of Bordeaux, in south-western France. It is situated in the commune of Mérignac, 12 km (7.5 miles) west of Bordeaux, within the departement of the Gironde. It mainly features flights to metropolitan and leisure destinations in Europe and Northern Africa and serves as a base for easyJet, Ryanair and Volotea airlines.

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Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at LFBD, your flight distance must be further than 250 NM.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
19JAN25 2029Z EGKK LFBD RealSIM Pilot Airbus A320 (A320) -697 ft/m 469 nm 01:07 View
18JAN25 1857Z EDDF LFBD EisernUnion Airbus A321 (A321) -173 ft/m 548 nm 01:21 View
17JAN25 0209Z EGKK LFBD ThatT0m Airbus A320 (A320) -117 ft/m 473 nm 01:16 View
12JAN25 1955Z LFMN LFBD jerrares Airbus A320 (A320) -418 ft/m 434 nm 01:09 View
12JAN25 1249Z EGCC LFBD VAF196 Erminio Airbus A320 (A320) -416 ft/m 594 nm 01:20 View
11JAN25 1400Z LFPO LFBD Cassette Airbus A320 (A320) -704 ft/m 306 nm 00:46 View
11JAN25 0700Z LDDU LFBD Dmitry125RUSVL Airbus A320 (A320) -263 ft/m 860 nm 02:35 View
29DEC24 1648Z LFLL LFBD Alain38 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -40 ft/m 289 nm 00:53 View
29DEC24 0750Z LHBP LFBD Róbert Bencsik Boeing 737-800 (B738) -12 ft/m 895 nm 02:17 View
26DEC24 1454Z EIDW LFBD Joe Delaney Airbus A320 (A320) -478 ft/m 600 nm 01:34 View
23DEC24 2219Z LFPG LFBD Chris_P24 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -404 ft/m 301 nm 00:56 View
23DEC24 2213Z LSGG LFBD Louis7663 Airbus A321 (A321) -201 ft/m 318 nm 00:54 View
23DEC24 1007Z LFQQ LFBD Pastou Airbus A319 (A319) -191 ft/m 450 nm 01:08 View
22DEC24 1156Z LFPO LFBD Kennix0610 Airbus A320 (A320) -204 ft/m 300 nm 00:49 View
21DEC24 2303Z LIRQ LFBD VAF230 Massimiliano Airbus A319 (A319) -251 ft/m 544 nm 01:29 View
21DEC24 0913Z LTFM LFBD Shygorin Dima Boeing 737-800 (B738) -132 ft/m 1329 nm 03:12 View
17DEC24 1837Z LSGS LFBD bejox Airbus A320 (A320) -274 ft/m 360 nm 01:01 View
17DEC24 1103Z EGKK LFBD Peamvzy British Airways G-EUUH -321 ft/m 806 nm 01:49 View
13DEC24 2012Z LEMD LFBD Scotty Clifford Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (C17) -181 ft/m 358 nm 00:59 View
07DEC24 1120Z EGLL LFBD Karl Captain Sim House SWISS -1622 ft/m 458 nm 01:14 View