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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
21JUL25 0530Z EGJJ LFBD Rexius Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -381 ft/m 290 nm 00:59 View
21JUL25 0526Z EGJJ LFBD KipOnTheGround CRJ900 Couch Pink -290 ft/m 294 nm 00:51 View
21JUL25 0524Z EGJJ LFBD Rlydeadly Cessna Citation CJ3 (C25B) -89 ft/m 295 nm 00:54 View
21JUL25 0524Z EGJJ LFBD coolluke1992 Airbus A319 (A319) -200 ft/m 292 nm 00:52 View
21JUL25 0524Z EGJJ LFBD Cobalt Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -225 ft/m 285 nm 00:53 View
21JUL25 0521Z EGJJ LFBD Justjohn12345 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -155 ft/m 292 nm 00:53 View
21JUL25 0519Z EGJJ LFBD TimmyDaCaptian Avro Avroliner (RJ-85) (RJ85) -178 ft/m 286 nm 00:47 View
21JUL25 0510Z EGJJ LFBD Illmo Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -64 ft/m 290 nm 00:58 View
20JUL25 1407Z EIDW LFBD Alan Clarke Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -324 ft/m 618 nm 01:40 View
19JUL25 1104Z EDDM LFBD HB-MOG Airbus A320 (A320) -339 ft/m 613 nm 01:37 View
18JUL25 1943Z EGLL LFBD PhantomNovaX Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -381 ft/m 413 nm 01:20 View
18JUL25 1636Z LFPO LFBD Moxyy5 Airbus A320 (A320) -156 ft/m 312 nm 00:51 View
15JUL25 2135Z DAOO LFBD Fenix320 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -242 ft/m 720 nm 01:49 View
14JUL25 1947Z LFPG LFBD Matteo Fraguglia Airbus A320 (A320) -298 ft/m 331 nm 00:58 View
14JUL25 1437Z LFPO LFBD Jipi972 Airbus A350-1000 (A35K) -439 ft/m 298 nm 00:50 View
14JUL25 0710Z EGPF LFBD DeviousFusion Boeing 777-200 (B772) -263 ft/m 762 nm 01:52 View
13JUL25 0905Z LFRG LFBD Teddii Douglas DC-6 (DC6) -365 ft/m 518 nm 02:08 View
13JUL25 0716Z LFMN LFBD Herve Sabathe Airbus A321 (A321) -162 ft/m 401 nm 01:08 View
12JUL25 1123Z EDDS LFBD The Flying Freja Airbus A220-100 Skies An -745 ft/m 709 nm 02:01 View
11JUL25 1817Z LFML LFBD MIC06 Airbus A320 (A320) -587 ft/m 300 nm 00:51 View