Where is LIL airport?

LIL is a large airport in Lesquin, Hauts-de-France, France, at 50.5666, 3.1024, 48 m above sea level. It serves Lille.

What time zone is LIL in?

LIL is in the Europe/Paris time zone, UTC+1 / UTC+2 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use LIL?

1,700,437 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Mar 2026: 293,012 passengers, −7.5% on the same months of 2025.

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LIL — Lille Airport

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Large airport in Lille, France.

IATA code: LIL
ICAO code: LFQQ
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 1,700,437; 2025 · −5.1% on the year before
Nonstop routes: 29; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+1 / UTC+2; Europe/Paris
Elevation: 48 m; 157 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 2,825 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 293,012 passengers, −7.5% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About LIL

Lille Airport is a large airport serving Lille, France. It opened in 1937. 1,700,437 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 29 nonstop routes from LIL.

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Busiest nonstop routes from LIL

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
LIL → NCE	Nice, France	829 km	335,113
LIL → TLS	Toulouse, France	782 km	189,248
LIL → BOD	Bordeaux, France	699 km	145,983
LIL → MRS	Marseille, France	808 km	119,888
LIL → ALG	Algiers, Algeria	1,541 km	99,790
LIL → LYS	Lyon, France	558 km	65,318
LIL → ORN	Oran, Algeria	1,687 km	52,730
LIL → GVA	Geneva, Switzerland	530 km	52,701
LIL → OPO	Porto, Portugal	1,378 km	44,391
LIL → NTE	Nantes, France	513 km	39,470
LIL → AJA	Ajaccio, France	1,056 km	37,180
LIL → BIA	Bastia, France	1,015 km	35,054
LIL → RAK	Marrakech, Morocco	2,298 km	32,237
LIL → FSC	Porto-Vecchio, France	1,108 km	31,391
LIL → KRK	Kraków, Poland	1,187 km	29,859
LIL → DJE	Djerba, Tunisia	1,957 km	29,052
LIL → MPL	Montpellier, France	780 km	27,667
LIL → ATH	Athens, Greece	2,164 km	27,029
LIL → AGA	Agadir, Morocco	2,478 km	26,428
LIL → HER	Heraklion, Greece	2,453 km	25,826
LIL → BCN	Barcelona, Spain	1,033 km	24,939
LIL → CMN	Casablanca, Morocco	2,101 km	23,718
LIL → TUN	Tunis, Tunisia	1,627 km	22,834
LIL → PMO	Palermo, Italy	1,587 km	22,459
LIL → PMI	Palma, Spain	1,224 km	21,855
LIL → FCO	Rome, Italy	1,201 km	21,471
LIL → PGF	Perpignan, France	870 km	21,190
LIL → CZL	Constantine, Algeria	1,613 km	20,286
LIL → OUD	Oujda, Morocco	1,799 km	20,275

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
OST	Ostend-Bruges International Airport	Bruges, Belgium	72 km
CRL	Brussels South Charleroi Airport	Charleroi, Belgium	97 km
BRU	Brussels Airport	Brussels, Belgium	104 km
ANR	Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)	Antwerp, Belgium	118 km
BVA	Beauvais-Tillé airport	Paris, France	142 km

Distance from LIL to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
LIL → LHR	London, United Kingdom	269 km	—
LIL → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	5,241 km	—
LIL → CDG	Paris, France	178 km	—
LIL → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	393 km	—
LIL → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	2,225 km	—
LIL → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	226 km	—
LIL → JFK	New York, United States	5,824 km	—
LIL → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,046 km	—
LIL → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,032 km	—
LIL → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	10,661 km	—
LIL → HND	Tokyo, Japan	9,565 km	—
LIL → DOH	Doha, Qatar	4,980 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
08/26	2,825 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
01/19	1,580 m	30 m	Asphalt	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Lesquin, Hauts-de-France, France · 50.5666, 3.1024

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Questions

Lille Airport has the IATA code LIL and the ICAO code LFQQ. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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