France air traffic: Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport
France air traffic: Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport stood at 460.7 thousand persons in Mar 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Monthly transport traffic table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 1982 to Mar 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Monthly transport traffic table
| Indicator | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air traffic - Airport of Bordeaux-Mérignac | 460.7 | 399.4 | 359.9 | 470.1 | 415.5 | 549 | 538.6 | 598.9 | 574.9 | 562.6 | |
| Air traffic - Airport of Lyon-Saint-Exupéry | 826 | 753 | 751 | 817 | 723 | 975 | 923 | 1,010 | 986 | 981 | |
| Air traffic - Airport of Marseille-Marignane | 777.5 | 678.2 | 665.8 | 768.9 | 731.2 | 1,001.7 | 986.5 | 1,189 | 1,113.2 | 1,078.5 |
Understanding france air traffic: Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport
Passenger throughput at the specified regional aviation hub is measured here by counting arriving and departing travelers in thousand-person units, encompassing both scheduled commercial flights and charter services. The dataset isolates this specific airport's passenger volume from national totals and other regional facilities, capturing local mobility trends. Direct transit passengers who remain on the aircraft are typically handled according to specific reporting rules that separate them from originating or terminating travelers.
Interpreting these figures requires accounting for sharp seasonal shifts driven by regional tourism cycles, school breaks, and holiday travel windows. Analysts should rely on matching-month comparisons from previous years to assess underlying growth accurately, as sequential monthly figures exaggerate regular calendar fluctuations. Revisions to preliminary passenger counts are rare once airlines submit final manifest reconciliations. Comparing this airport's trajectory with sibling facilities highlights regional divergence in economic activity and tourism appeal.
Frequently asked questions
- Are transit passengers who do not leave the plane counted here?
- Standard aviation reporting rules usually exclude direct transit passengers from local enplanement and deplanement totals.
- Why is passenger traffic measured in thousands of persons?
- The unit provides a readable scale suitable for tracking monthly airport activity without dealing in unwieldy raw integers.
- How do regional holidays affect this specific airport dataset?
- Local school breaks and regional tourism seasons create predictable traffic surges that differ from national averages.