As a consequence, the airfield was hit by a damaging air raid on 4 July 1943, which also destroyed the adjoining aircraft factory.

The aircraft factory was rebuilt, and has since built sections of the Vautour fighter and the Caravelle airliner, before becoming part of Airbus.

There were plans to have it replaced by an Aéroport du Grand Ouest, situated 30 km (19 mi) to the north-west of Nantes in the 'commune' of Notre-Dame-des-Landes.

[5] On 19 January 2019, a small 6-seater aircraft carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala left the airport for Cardiff, Wales.

Halls 1 to 3 form the long side of the 'L' and are zones within the same two-story building, with baggage claim and check-in facilities on the ground floor, and departure lounges on the upper level.

[50][51] An express shuttle bus, the 'Navette Tan Air', links a stop outside the airport terminal to Nantes station and the city centre.