Live flights at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)

LYS LFLL  Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France

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LYS at a glance

  • What it is: Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport is a regional airport serving Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France.
  • Codes: LYS on your ticket, LFLL on the radar.
  • Size: 2 runways at 821 ft above sea level.
  • Right now: 15 aircraft are within 55 km, shown live on the map above.
  • Local time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+1), so every time shown for LYS is local rather than UTC.

Aircraft observed near LYS

15 aircraft are within 55 km of LYS right now. This is live ADS-B traffic, not a published timetable: aircraft are classified by what they are physically doing - Climbing out, on approach, or holding at cruise overhead. For gate numbers and scheduled times, check with LYS directly or your airline.

Departing now

FlightOperatorRouteStatusAltitudeSpeed
LXC41 — route not published climbing out 21,450 ft 220 kts

Arriving now

FlightOperatorRouteStatusAltitudeSpeed
TKJ4NF — route not published on approach 1,600 ft 146 kts
EZY69EF easyJet route not published on approach 1,575 ft 138 kts
N252C — route not published on approach 1,550 ft 119 kts
KLM53L KLM Royal Dutch Airlines route not published on approach 3,250 ft 187 kts
EIN5MW — route not published on approach 7,175 ft 287 kts
AFR23YL Air France route not published on approach 4,275 ft 218 kts
EZS42YL — route not published on approach 10,075 ft 320 kts

Overhead and in the area

FlightOperatorRouteStatusAltitudeSpeed
SAMU38 — route not published in the area 1,275 ft 124 kts
DAL203 Delta Air Lines ATH → JFK in the area 30,000 ft 464 kts
EKT53 — route not published in the area 11,000 ft 158 kts
BAW39P British Airways route not published in the area 36,000 ft 399 kts
EZS86XM — route not published in the area 33,175 ft 422 kts
FJLYV — route not published in the area 3,525 ft 93 kts
N666CP — route not published in the area 20,050 ft 182 kts
2
Runways
821 ft
Field elevation

About Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport lies in the temperate mid-latitudes at 45.73° N, 5.09° E, on Europe/Paris time (UTC+1).

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport has 2 runways. The longest, 17R/35L, measures 13,124 ft by 148 ft, which puts the field in the full-length intercontinental category: a fully loaded Boeing 777 or Airbus A350 can depart for the far side of the world. The surface is asphalt. Both are lit for night operations.

Runway 17R/35L is aligned roughly south/north, which is the clearest hint you get about the prevailing wind here: runways are built to face the wind that blows most often, because aircraft take off and land into it. Every runway here shares that south/north alignment, so a strong crosswind means a crosswind landing rather than a switch to another strip.

The runways are not interchangeable. 17L/35R is 8,760 ft against 17R/35L's 13,124 ft, a difference of 4,364 ft, so the shorter one generally takes regional traffic while the longer handles anything heavy.

Runways at LYS

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
17R/35L 13,124 ft (4,000 m) 148 ft Asphalt Lit
17L/35R 8,760 ft (2,670 m) 148 ft Asphalt Lit

Runway numbers are the magnetic heading rounded to ten degrees, which is why they change when the magnetic field drifts - runway numbers explained.

Airports near LYS

Great-circle distance from Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, closest first.

AirportCodeDistanceDirectionCity
Geneva GVA 97 km north-east Geneva
Turin TRN 208 km east Caselle Torinese (TO)
EuroAirport Basel, mulhouse, freiburg BSL 279 km north-east Bâle / Mulhouse
Milan Malpensa MXP 283 km east Milan
Nice Cote d'Azur NCE 285 km south-east Nice

Unusual aircraft we have tracked at LYS

Ranked by how rarely we identify the type anywhere, so the widebodies rise above the daily narrowbodies. Registrations are the individual airframes we logged, not a schedule.

AircraftTypeRegistrationOperator
Airbus A220-300 BCS3 YL-ABR Air Baltic
Boeing 737-700 B737 PH-BGG KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Airbus A319 A319 OE-LQL easyJet Europe Airline
Airbus A320 A320 G-EUUE British Airways
Boeing 737-800 B738 CN-ROE Royal Air Maroc
IATA / ICAO
LYS / LFLL
Location
Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France 45.726, 5.090
Time zone
Europe/Paris
Opened
Website
www.lyonaeroports.com/

Nearby and related airports

Geographically close airports and useful alternatives in France.

GVA Geneva Airport Geneva, Switzerland
TRN Turin Airport Caselle Torinese (TO), Italy
BSL EuroAirport Basel, mulhouse, freiburg Bâle / Mulhouse, France
NCE Nice Cote d'Azur Airport Nice, France
CDG Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris, France

More airports and guides connected to LYS

How a field like this runs day to day is covered in how airports work. Nearby, Bâle / Mulhouse (BSL) serves the same country. The codes LYS and LFLL are explained in airport codes decoded.

Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

This profile is generated from the airport's published coordinates, elevation and runway records. It does not claim live terminal or passenger totals.

Read our airport data sourcing and review process, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

Frequently asked questions about LYS

What is the airport code for Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport?

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport uses the IATA code LYS on tickets and baggage tags, and the ICAO code LFLL in flight plans and on radar. The leading “L” in LFLL is the region marker: ICAO codes are grouped geographically, which is why airports near each other usually share their first letter or two while their IATA codes look unrelated.

How many runways does LYS have?

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport operates 2 runways. The field sits at 821 ft above sea level.

What time zone is LYS in?

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport operates on Europe/Paris local time. Scheduled departure and arrival times for this airport are always published in local time, not UTC.

Can I track flights at LYS live?

Yes. The map on this page shows every aircraft broadcasting its position within about 55 km of Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, and there are 15 in range as this page loaded. The boards split them into departures, arrivals and traffic passing overhead, all timed in Europe/Paris.