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BSL Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BSL / LFSB |
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| Location: | Basel, Switzerland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°35'24"N by 7°31'45"E |
| Area Served: | Basel, Switzerland Mulhouse, France Freiburg, Germany |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 885 feet (270 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BSL |
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Facts about EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL):
- Between autumn 1951 and spring 1953, the east–west runway was extended to 1,600 metres and the "Zollfreistrasse" was constructed, allowing access from Basel to the departure terminal without passing through French border controls.
- The closest airport to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) is EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BSL.
- The furthest airport from EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (meaning EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,113 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In 1946 talks resumed and it was agreed that an airport would be built 4 kilometres north of Blotzheim, France.
- The airport is connected to motorway A3 which leads from Basel to the southeast of Switzerland passing Zürich.
- In addition to being known as "EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg", other names for BSL include "Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse", "Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen" and "BSL, MLH".
- Because of EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg's relatively low elevation of 885 feet, planes can take off or land at EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg handled 5,880,771 passengers last year.
- EuroAirport is one of the few airports in the world operated jointly by two countries, in this case France and Switzerland.
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) has 2 runways.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 0.00 miles (0.00 km) N | EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH) | Mulhouse, France |    |
| 2 | 35.15 miles (56.56 km) WSW | Montbéliard - Courcelles Aerodrome (XMF) | Montbéliard, France | |
| 3 | 36.80 miles (59.23 km) NNW | Colmar - Houssen Airport (CMR) | Colmar / Houssen, France | |
| 4 | 46.85 miles (75.40 km) S | Bern Airport (BRN) | Bern, Switzerland | |
| 5 | 48.37 miles (77.84 km) E | Zurich Airport (ZRH) | Zürich, Switzerland | |
| 6 | 49.89 miles (80.29 km) SE | Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML) | Emmen, Lucerne, Switzerland | |
| 7 | 55.58 miles (89.45 km) NNE | Black Forest Airport (LHA) | Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
| 8 | 65.95 miles (106.14 km) N | Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) | Strasbourg, France | |
| 9 | 72.78 miles (117.12 km) WSW | Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome (QBQ) | Besançon / La Vèze, France | |
| 10 | 83.99 miles (135.17 km) SSW | Lausanne Airport (QLS) | Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| 11 | 84.58 miles (136.12 km) NW | Épinal - Mirecourt Airport (EPL) | Juvaincourt, Vosges, France | |
| 12 | 86.02 miles (138.43 km) NNE | Baden Airpark (FKB) | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
| 13 | 92.47 miles (148.81 km) E | Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) | Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany | |
| 14 | 95.05 miles (152.97 km) E | St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH) | Altenrhein, Switzerland | |
| 15 | 95.17 miles (153.16 km) S | Sion Airport (SIR) | Sion, Switzerland | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,112.53 miles (19,493.17 km) SE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,693.13 miles (18,818.22 km) ESE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,676.10 miles (18,790.81 km) ESE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,670.11 miles (18,781.18 km) ESE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,664.70 miles (18,772.47 km) ESE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,663.65 miles (18,770.78 km) SE | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,661.60 miles (18,767.47 km) SE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,659.28 miles (18,763.74 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,655.51 miles (18,757.68 km) SE | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,645.89 miles (18,742.20 km) ESE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,638.30 miles (18,729.98 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,632.46 miles (18,720.58 km) E | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,623.00 miles (18,705.36 km) E | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,621.94 miles (18,703.66 km) SE | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,610.24 miles (18,684.83 km) E | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |