Nice-Côte d'Azur airport passengers, France
Nice-Côte d'Azur airport passengers, France stood at 1,014,776 Passengers in Mar 2026, according to DGAC – Direction générale de l'Aviation civile (data.gouv.fr). It is one of the indicators in the Monthly air traffic table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 2002 to Mar 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Monthly air traffic table
| Indicator | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers by airport | |||||||||||
| Nice-Côte d'Azur | 1,014,776 | 818,092 | 754,553 | 920,896 | 844,801 | 1,371,259 | 1,530,011 | 1,797,607 | 1,772,985 | 1,636,383 | |
| Marseille-Provence | 777,889 | 678,247 | 665,803 | 768,931 | 731,215 | 1,001,720 | 986,453 | 1,189,019 | 1,113,215 | 1,078,523 |
Understanding nice-Côte d'Azur airport passengers, France
Traveler throughput recorded at the primary civil aviation gateway on the Mediterranean coastline tallies all incoming and outgoing commercial passengers utilizing the facility. The metric encompasses scheduled domestic and international seat occupancy alongside commercial charter operations, while excluding non-commercial general aviation and direct airside transit passengers. Compared with capital city hubs, this Mediterranean node captures a distinct balance dominated by European leisure corridors rather than global business trunk routes.
Seasonality heavily dictates traffic patterns here, showing pronounced summer surges that dwarf winter volumes. Consequently, period-on-period monthly comparisons frequently mislead, making twelve-month matching evaluations the standard practice for discerning genuine trajectory changes. Early administrative releases may undergo minor adjustments following late carrier data submissions. Mistaking total passenger headcounts for financial revenue generated by the facility remains a frequent analytical error.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series include helicopter transfers operating from the facility?
- Scheduled commercial fixed-wing flights form the core, while dedicated non-scheduled helicopter transfers are generally categorized separately.
- How does seasonality affect month-to-month analysis for this coastal hub?
- Summer peaks create sharp distortions when comparing adjacent months, necessitating year-over-year evaluation.
- Are delayed flight manifests incorporated into subsequent data releases?
- Initial figures are periodically revised to account for late-reporting commercial carriers.