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'''EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg''' (de: Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen-Freiburg; fr: Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse Fribourg), also known as '''EuroAirport''' or simply '''Basel-Mulhouse''' is the international airport that serves the city of Basel (CH), Mulhouse (F) and Freiburg (D). It's 6Km (3.7mi) North-west of Basel, 30Km (18Mi) South-east of Mulhouse and 77Km (47mi) South-west of Freiburg. | '''EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg''' (de: Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen-Freiburg; fr: Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse Fribourg), also known as '''EuroAirport''' or simply '''Basel-Mulhouse''' is the international airport that serves the city of Basel (CH), Mulhouse (F) and Freiburg (D). It's 6Km (3.7mi) North-west of Basel, 30Km (18Mi) South-east of Mulhouse and 77Km (47mi) South-west of Freiburg. | ||
Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is the only developed airport in [[FlightGear]] that is operated by 2 countries (Switzerland and France), hence the name "EuroAirport". The Airport lies completely | Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is the only developed airport in [[FlightGear]] that is operated by 2 countries (Switzerland and France), hence the name "EuroAirport". The Airport lies completely on French soil (with public transport connections from Switzerland operated by SBB <nowiki>[Swiss Federal Railworks]</nowiki> and a local bus line from Basel), but the airport is categorized as a Swiss airport. The reason why is due to a 1949 treaty with France which allowed Switzerland to build the airport on French soil. | ||
Because of the EuroAirport being bi-national, it has 3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code IATAs]: BSL (The Swiss code for Basel), MLH (The French code for Mulhouse) and EAP (international code for EuroAirport). This airport has a similar | Because of the EuroAirport being bi-national, it has 3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code IATAs]: BSL (The Swiss code for Basel), MLH (The French code for Mulhouse) and EAP (international code for EuroAirport). This airport has a state similar to [[LSGG|Geneva's Airport]], excluding the multiple [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code IATAs]. Its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code ICAO] code is LFSB. | ||
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