Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport — Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Loire, France

Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport, coded EBU, serves Saint-Étienne, an industrial city in east-central France historically known for coal mining, arms manufacturing, and its football club, located in the Andrézieux-Bouthéon area. The airport offers domestic and limited European flights, though it has faced ongoing challenges maintaining consistent scheduled service given competition from the larger Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport roughly an hour away by road. EBU serves as a convenience option for local business travelers and residents wanting to avoid Lyon's longer travel times, and it has periodically seen budget and regional carriers add and drop routes over the years. The airport's fortunes have often mirrored the broader economic transitions of the Saint-Étienne region as it moved away from its heavy-industry past.