Flights to Marseille

Airport Marseille MRS

Marseille airport, officially Marseille Provence Airport is an international airport in the southern French city of Marseille about 25 km north west of the city centre near the industrial town of Marignane, in Provence. The airport is now the third most important airport in France after Paris and Lyon.

Since 2006, Marseille airport has had an extra terminal for use by low-cost airlines such as Vueling, Ryanair and Easyjet and this has contributed greatly to the airport's growing popularity. As a gateway for the south of France, the Provence and the beaches on the Mediterranean Sea, the availability of cheap flights to Marseille from London, Dublin and Bristol has been welcomed particularly by tourists from the UK.

• URL: Official website
• Parking: yes, paid parking in short stay and long stay car parks; one multi-storey car park.
• Nearby cities: Aix-en-Provence (21 km), Marseille (21 km), Toulon (68 km), Nîmes (82 km)
• Directions by car: Motorway: N113 (direction Aix-en-Provence)
• Stations: Shuttle buses to the main railway station Marseille (Saint Charles) and to the bus station in Aix-en-Provence.

Location

Car: Marseille Airport is on the N113 near Marignane. The surrounding towns of Bouches-du-Rhône, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes and Toulon can be reached by car in less than 2 hours.

Bus: There are shuttle buses between the airport and the cities Marseille and Aix-en-Provence.

Train: there is a well developed network of trains from the airport railway station to surrounding cities, towns and villages. The journey to the centre of Marseille takes about 20 minutes.

Marseille airport car hire: all the usual car rental companies have offices at Marseille airport, including Avis, Europcar etc.