Getting to Monaco by plane

Nice airport: Monaco's air gateway

The main airport near Monaco is Nice-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 the 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, train or helicopter.

The regular "Zou!" shuttle bus service runs every 30 minutes on average from 7am to 9pm between Nice-Côte d'Azur airport and various areas of Monaco (Villa Paloma, Monaco SNCF train station, Tourist Office, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, 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.

The airport has a direct link with Nice Saint-Augustin station, from where passengers can reach Monaco Monte-Carlo station.
Tram lines 2 and B provide a free link between Terminal 2, Terminal 1 and Grand-Arénas station, just a short walk from the SNCF train station.

Less than 500 metres apart, a dedicated pedestrian walkway makes it possible to reach the station in 7 minutes from Terminal 1.

Finally, for very fast transfers between Nice-Côte d'Azur International Airport and the Nice 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.