Brittany's coastal gateway serving Dinard and Saint-Malo.
Opened
1935
Location
Dinard, France
Dinard Pleurtuit Saint-Malo Airport (IATA: DNR, ICAO: LFRD) is a regional airport located near Dinard in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany, northwestern France. It serves the twin resort towns of Dinard and Saint-Malo, situated on opposite banks of the Rance estuary.
The airport primarily handles leisure and seasonal traffic, with a mix of scheduled and charter services connecting Brittany to destinations across the United Kingdom and Europe. Its relatively modest size makes it a convenient alternative to larger regional hubs like Rennes.
Due to its coastal location and tourist-oriented catchment area, passenger numbers fluctuate significantly between summer and winter seasons, with peak activity during the warm months when demand from UK visitors is highest.
Terminals
The airport operates a single small terminal building handling both arrivals and departures for its modest annual passenger volume.
Getting to & from
The airport is connected to Dinard and Saint-Malo by taxi and seasonal bus shuttle services, with no direct rail link.
Airlines here
Ryanair has historically been a key carrier at Dinard, operating routes to and from the United Kingdom, particularly London Stansted.
Notable facts
- ›Located approximately 4 km south of Dinard town centre near the village of Pleurtuit.
- ›The airport's full name references three localities: Dinard, Pleurtuit, and Saint-Malo.
- ›It is one of the smaller commercial airports in Brittany, with annual passengers typically in the low hundreds of thousands.
- ›The airport has a single runway (ICAO designation 17/35).
- ›Its traffic is heavily influenced by British tourism to the Emerald Coast region of Brittany.
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