<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Beauvais&Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc;Tille Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>German use during World War II:</strong> This airport was built in the 1930s and seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France. Beauvais was used as a Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation. Known units assigned (all from Luftflotte 3, Fliegerkorps IV):</p>
<p class="blog-para">Kampfgeschwader 76 (KG 76) June &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; 24 October 1940 Dornier Do 17Z-2 (Fuselage Code: F1+)</p>
<p class="blog-para">Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 (SKG 1) July 1940 Junkers Ju 87B Stuka</p>
<p class="blog-para">The initial German use of the airport was as a bomber base. kg 76 and SKG 1 both took part in the Battle of Britain. kg 76 was reduced to 19 out of 29 serviceable machines by 18 August 1940. kg 76 raided London on 7 and 15 September 1940.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>American use:</strong> It was liberated by Allied ground forces about 3 September 1944 during the Northern France Campaign. Almost immediately, the United States Army Air Forces IX Engineer Command 818th Engineer Aviation Battalion cleared the airport of mines and destroyed Luftwaffe aircraft. Little battle damage was sustained, and the airport became a USAAF Ninth Air Force combat airfield, designated as Advanced Landing Ground "A-61" about 15 September, also being known as "Beauvais/Tille Airfield".</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Development since the 1950s:</strong> In 1950, the Air Ministry offered to provide the wartime air base to NATO as part of the Cold War development of the alliance. Beauvais was selected to become a NATO Emergency airfield (Beauvais&Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc;Till├&reg; Air Base), controlled by the French Air Force and intended for use by all NATO air forces to disperse their aircraft in case of war.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Facilities Beauvais&Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc;Tille Airport</h2>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong> Control tower:</strong> The new control tower is active since 22 January 2019. It is located on the southern side of the airport and is replacing the one of 1962, sitting between the two terminals.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong> Runway:</strong> The main runway has an Instrument landing system CAT III for runway 12 and CAT I for runway 30 plus a Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) for runway 12. A PAPI will also be installed for runway 30 at the end of 2019. This enables aircraft to land at the airport in bad weather conditions, with visibility as low as 75 metres.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong> Terminal:</strong> When the low-cost airline Ryanair chose Beauvais&Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc;Till├&reg; in May 1997 for three daily connections with Dublin, the terminal of this regional airport consisted of a simple hangar built in 1979. Since then four additional stations for planes and in 2010 a second terminal of 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) had to be built to face a significant increase in traffic. The airport is equipped to handle medium-sized passenger jets. Since 2007 the ban on night flying has been strictly enforced for the benefit of local residents. The terminal building closes between the hours of 23:30 and 06:30.</li>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Transport Beauvais&Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc;Till├&reg; Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport is linked with Paris city through coach and rail services. Travel time to Paris is 75 minutes by coach which drops off and collects passengers beside the Palais des Congr├&iquest;s at Porte Maillot, located in the 17th arrondissement, approximately a kilometre west of the Arc de Triomphe. There are also minibus and shuttle services that go to Paris.</p>
<p class="blog-para">There is also a taxi rank at the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">A commuter bus provided by the Transports Urbains du Beauvaisis runs to Beauvais town centre:</p>
<p class="blog-para">Line 12: Mairie &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Zone d'activit├&reg;s des Tilleuls &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Till├&reg; &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; A├&reg;roport</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Airport Shuttle:</strong> Airport &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Parc Municipal &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Maillart &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Cath├&reg;drale &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Mairie (City Hall) &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Gare SNCF (railway station) &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Kennedy &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Descartes &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; D├&reg;lie &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Saint-Germain &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Elispace &Ocirc;&Ccedil;&ocirc; Airport</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Railway connection:</strong> Beauvais railway station is situated almost 4 km (2.5 mi) away, with connections to Paris Gare du Nord, Amiens and other destinations.</p>
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