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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
26AUG25 1427Z LFLL LFBD VAF273 Giacomo Boeing 737-700 (B737) -108 ft/m 269 nm 00:47 View
26AUG25 1139Z LPPT LFBD Paulo Respicio Airbus A320 (A320) -124 ft/m 557 nm 01:26 View
25AUG25 1620Z LEVC LFBD OOCAR VPS995 Airbus A320 (A320) -113 ft/m 383 nm 01:03 View
22AUG25 1702Z LFKJ LFBD Max_c.c Airbus A320 (A320) -693 ft/m 464 nm 01:11 View
22AUG25 1446Z LIRF LFBD Jordisr2 Airbus A320 (A320) -424 ft/m 609 nm 01:36 View
20AUG25 1708Z EHAM LFBD Ton van der Kolk Boeing 737-800 (B738) -225 ft/m 519 nm 01:19 View
18AUG25 2043Z EGKK LFBD CDB D.Tom Airbus A320 (A320) -308 ft/m 454 nm 01:13 View
18AUG25 0552Z LEBL LFBD Sleepy Fokker F-28 Fellowship (F28) -249 ft/m 314 nm 01:01 View
14AUG25 2001Z LDDU LFBD Darklatios Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -518 ft/m 882 nm 02:06 View
12AUG25 1418Z LEIB LFBD Bbi Pilatus PC-24 (PC24) -78 ft/m 435 nm 01:27 View
10AUG25 1311Z EGKK LFBD Simon Davison Airbus A321 (A321) -367 ft/m 455 nm 01:10 View
08AUG25 1721Z EICK LFBD Dillon4 Airbus A320 (A320) -331 ft/m 690 nm 01:40 View
08AUG25 1612Z LEVC LFBD VAF957 Paolo Airbus A320 (A320) -291 ft/m 364 nm 00:57 View
07AUG25 1052Z EDDM LFBD Tobias Thanner Airbus A321 (A321) -74 ft/m 583 nm 01:34 View
03AUG25 1112Z EGKK LFBD Preserved K Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -130 ft/m 454 nm 01:08 View
03AUG25 0936Z LFLL LFBD F-BSXV Airbus A320 (A320) -160 ft/m 298 nm 00:52 View
02AUG25 1721Z LFTH LFBD Flying_Winnebago Airbus A320 (A320) -464 ft/m 330 nm 00:51 View
31JUL25 2249Z EGJJ LFBD JBM Avro Avroliner (RJ-85) (RJ85) -258 ft/m 304 nm 00:52 View
30JUL25 1507Z LFLL LFBD Gilles Menghetti Boeing 737-700 (B737) -122 ft/m 287 nm 00:49 View
29JUL25 2016Z EGKK LFBD Goarf3 Airbus A321 (A321) -265 ft/m 442 nm 01:03 View