Getting to Monaco by plane

Nice airport: Monaco's air gateway

The main airport near Monaco isNice-Côte d'Azur International Airport. With two runways, this air transport hub operates around a hundred national and international routes and hosts regular helicopter flights, not to mention a large private aviation offering.

The terminal consists of two terminals, linked by tram and shuttle buses from the airport's various car parks. Some twenty return flights link Nice-Côte d'Azur to Paris, and there are regular year-round services to and from major European cities (London, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid and Stockholm) and the Gulf (Dubai and Doha). In summer, there are even more destinations, with flights from New York, Washington, Montreal, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Dakar.
A third terminal is dedicated to business aviation.

Getting to Monaco from Nice-Côte d'Azur airport

To get to Monaco from Nice-Côte d'Azur airport, travellers can take the bus, taxi or helicopter.

The regular "Zou!" shuttle service makes 52 round trips a day between Nice-Côte d'Azur airport and various areas of Monaco (Villa Paloma, Monaco SNCF station, Tourist Office, Grimaldi Forum, Larvotto) via route 80 of the regional bus network.

Taxis can also be used to cover the 30 kilometres between Nice-Côte d'Azur airport and Monaco by road. They are available from terminal 1 or terminal 2.

Finally, for very fast transfers between Nice-Côte d'Azur International Airport and Monaco heliport, several service providers (Héli Air Monaco, Monacair/Blade) offer helicopter flights to the west of Monaco in just 7 minutes, especially when traffic is heavy on the A8 motorway.

Three business terminals

There are two other airports close to Monaco. Cannes-Mandelieu International Airport, around sixty kilometres from the Principality, caters exclusively for business aviation. The Golfe de Saint-Tropez airport, around 120 kilometres from the centre of the Principality, handles a few seasonal flights and a large number of private flights. Including the terminal specialising in business flights at Nice airport, there are three areas devoted to this type of transport on the Côte d'Azur.