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@preprod.cohor.fr

Turnaround format is mandatory 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.

• Curfew : Arrêté du 28 septembre 2021 portant restriction d’exploitation de l’aérodrome de Nantes-Atlantique (Loire-Atlantique) – Légifrance (legifrance.gouv.fr)

Facilitation constraints S23

S23 season: From Sunday 26th March 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023

Curfew :

COHOR will not recommend schedules between 00h00 and 5h59 Local Time.

Curfew decree : Arrêté du 28 septembre 2021 portant restriction d’exploitation de l’aérodrome de Nantes-Atlantique (Loire-Atlantique) – Légifrance (legifrance.gouv.fr)

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 Restricted aircraft use 1 stand (see (5) in annex);
    • Code D; E Restricted (see (6) in annex); E aircrafts use 2 stands;
    • Code F aircraft use 9 stands.

Within the limits of the following rules explaining the maximum simultaneous capacity for Code D, D restricted, E restricted and E aircraft :

Code D restricted = B757-200 (see (5) in annex) ;
Code E restricted = B787-800 / B787-900 / B787-1000 / B777-200 / A330-200 / A330-300 (see (6) in annex) ;

• For any arrival, COHOR will not recommend times for Fret aircraft, or Code E or D aircraft, between 06h00 – 06h29 Local Time. (new constraint added 05/01/2023)

• 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 :

• Departure :

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:

• 750 passengers per 20-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths
• 1800 passengers per 60-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.

• Arrival

For any arrival of a commercial aviation aircraft between 2100-2359 Local Time, COHOR recommends arrival times taking into account the processing capacity of the baggage reclaim area. To do this, the facilitator assesses the impact of each schedule recommendation against this capacity on the basis of the planned seat capacity, a load factor of 85% and the following maximum numbers of passengers:

• 950 passengers per 20-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths

See Annex in attached notification

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NTE S23 SAL ressource utilization

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Facilitation constraints W22

W22 season: From Sunday 30th October 2022 to Saturday 25th March 2023

Curfew :

COHOR will not recommend schedules between 00h00 and 5h59 Local Time.

Curfew decree : Arrêté du 28 septembre 2021 portant restriction d’exploitation de l’aérodrome de Nantes-Atlantique (Loire-Atlantique) – Légifrance (legifrance.gouv.fr)

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 or in size category (5) or (6) (see annex) ;
      • 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 :

• Departure :

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:

• 750 passengers per 20-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths
• 1800 passengers per 60-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.

• Arrival (new)

For any arrival of a commercial aviation aircraft between 2100-2359 Local Time, COHOR recommends arrival times taking into account the processing capacity of the baggage reclaim area. To do this, the facilitator assesses the impact of each schedule recommendation against this capacity on the basis of the planned seat capacity, a load factor of 85% and the following maximum numbers of passengers:

• 950 passengers per 20-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths

See Annex in attached notification

Modifications as of May 16th 2022 :

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Initial parameters :

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Facilitation constraints S22

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)

S22 season: From Sunday 27th March 2022 to Saturday 29th October 2022

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

1. -Facilitation parameters for Nantes-Atlantique airport from March 27, 2022

• Curfew :

COHOR will not recommend schedules between 00h00 and 5h59 Local Time.

curfew decree : Arrêté du 28 septembre 2021 portant restriction d’exploitation de l’aérodrome de Nantes-Atlantique (Loire-Atlantique) – Légifrance (legifrance.gouv.fr)

• 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 or in size category (5) or (6) (see annex);
      • 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:

• 750 passengers per 20-minute rolling period in 10-minute paths
• 1800 passengers per 60-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

Modifications as of May 16th 2022 :

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Initial parameters :

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