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Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport (LFJL) lies at Goin in the Grand Est region of France, roughly 16.5 km southeast of Metz and north of Nancy, and is the principal airport serving the Lorraine region. It offers a long paved runway with ILS approach capability on runway 22, making it a straightforward destination for both training and cross-country flights in the simulator.
Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport is a medium-sized public airport in the Moselle département of the Grand Est region, serving both Metz and Nancy. Operated by G.I.G.A.L. (Groupement Intercommunal de Gestion de l'Aéroport Lorrain), it handles scheduled and charter traffic as well as general aviation movements, and its long instrument runway makes it a useful and interesting destination for simulator pilots practising ILS approaches or regional touring flights in eastern France.
The airport sits at Goin, about 16.5 km southeast of Metz and to the north of Nancy, in the Moselle département of the Grand Est region. It is served by its own approach, tower and ground control positions, indicating that it lies within controlled airspace associated with the field. The nearest major international airports are Luxembourg Airport, some 99 km to the north, and EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg, around 251 km to the southeast.
The airport has a single physical runway, 04/22, of hard surface construction and lit. The database records a length of 9,331 ft for runway 04 and 9,995 ft for runway 22. An ILS approach is available for runway 22. Field elevation is 860 ft.
Radio services are provided under the callsign Lorraine. Frequencies are: Lorraine Approach on 119.125 MHz, Lorraine ATIS on 136.575 MHz, Lorraine Ground on 121.7 MHz, and Lorraine Tower on 118.2 MHz. An ILS is available for runway 22, supporting instrument approaches into the field.
The airport opened to the public on 28 October 1991, replacing the former Nancy–Essey and Metz–Frescaty airfields as the region's principal air link. Its runway was lengthened to 3,050 metres and refurbished in mid-2006 to allow it to handle larger aircraft types. Between 2000 and 2006 it served as a regional hub for DHL, with cargo flights to Toulouse, Nice, Marseille, Cologne, Brussels, Paris, Vitoria and East Midlands. In 2015 the airport began branding itself in English as "Lorraine Airport", but in 2023 a French court ruled that this violated the Toubon law on the use of the French language, and it reverted to its French name, Lorraine Aéroport.
The airport operates 24 hours a day. It handles scheduled and charter services, including seasonal flights to Heraklion, routes to Algiers, Constantine and Oran, and seasonal charter flights to Casablanca. The field's long hard runway and ILS approach on runway 22 make it accessible to a wide range of aircraft types.