Airports / France / LYS
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport
LFLL / LYSColombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, FranceELEV 821 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
6 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lyon Bron Airport (LYN) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LFLL / LYS) is a large commercial airport serving Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France. The field lies at an elevation of 821 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
LYS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lyon Bron Airport (LYN, 6 nm), Ambérieu Air Base (BA 278) (LFXA, 19 nm), and Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB, 24 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LYS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Lyon and Saint-Exupéry. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LYS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LFLL
IATA
LYS
FAA / Local
LFLL
Elevation
821 ft
Coordinates
45.7260° N · 5.0901° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs France fields
state range 7–3,362 ft
At 821 ft, LYS sits higher than 79% of the 135 France fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 6nmLYNLyon Bron AirportChassieu, Lyon
- 19nmLFXAAmbérieu Air Base (BA 278)Ambérieu
- 24nmGNBGrenoble Alpes Isère AirportGrenoble
- 34nmCMFChambéry Aix les Bains airportChambéry
- 35nmEBUSaint-Étienne-Bouthéon AirportAndrézieux-Bouthéon, Loire
- 36nmLFLMMâcon-Charnay AirfieldCharnay-lès-Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire
Location
Open the full mapLFLL · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France