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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
24MAR25 1021Z LEMD LFBD Chris34 Airbus A320 (A320) -215 ft/m 331 nm 00:55 View
23MAR25 1814Z LFRK LFBD Robert B Dickerson Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) -75 ft/m 296 nm 01:00 View
23MAR25 1748Z LFMN LFBD PLEEN972 Airbus A330-300 (A333) -387 ft/m 399 nm 01:07 View
23MAR25 1613Z EGGD LFBD Ray Radford Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -138 ft/m 526 nm 01:22 View
21MAR25 1908Z LEMG LFBD Gabriello902 Airbus A330-900 (A339) -73 ft/m 581 nm 02:43 View
18MAR25 1733Z DAOO LFBD Lucian Daniel Airbus A321 (A321) -108 ft/m 658 nm 01:47 View
18MAR25 0939Z LFLL LFBD Steux Airbus A320 (A320) -514 ft/m 305 nm 00:52 View
16MAR25 1457Z LEBL LFBD VAF253 Giuseppe Airbus A321 (A321) -369 ft/m 280 nm 00:58 View
16MAR25 1424Z EBBR LFBD NPS334/PhilippeB Boeing 737-800 (B738) -313 ft/m 462 nm 01:11 View
14MAR25 2328Z LPPR LFBD CSS Boeing 737-800 (B738) -189 ft/m 478 nm 01:11 View
14MAR25 1241Z LFPG LFBD Ross Grant Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -325 ft/m 454 nm 01:15 View
14MAR25 0139Z EGSS LFBD Wayne Prefontaine Boeing 737-800 (B738) -151 ft/m 611 nm 01:32 View
13MAR25 2055Z LEBL LFBD Miguel Lozano Airbus A320 (A320) -320 ft/m 307 nm 00:52 View
12MAR25 1808Z LFPG LFBD Zeta.garamvolgyi Boeing 737-800 (B738) -169 ft/m 344 nm 00:59 View
08MAR25 0940Z LFPG LFBD Dubdub87 Airbus A320 (A320) -561 ft/m 362 nm 01:11 View
06MAR25 2316Z LEPA LFBD Alex Ustariz GarcÍa Airbus A320 (A320) -511 ft/m 406 nm 01:18 View
06MAR25 1027Z LEMD LFBD Alfredo Cortina Boeing 737-700 (B737) -43 ft/m 357 nm 00:56 View
05MAR25 1503Z LIPZ LFBD Jean-Pierre Vandecasteele Airbus A320 (A320) -651 ft/m 593 nm 01:32 View
05MAR25 1055Z LFLL LFBD ANDREW.F Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -295 ft/m 294 nm 00:49 View
04MAR25 1551Z LFMN LFBD GrafBalu Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -204 ft/m 401 nm 01:02 View