Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport

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Perpignan – Rivesaltes Airport

Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSPLAR Société Publique Locale Aéroportuaire Régionale
ServesPerpignan / Rivesaltes, France
Elevation AMSL144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates42°44′26″N 002°52′14″E / 42.74056°N 2.87056°E / 42.74056; 2.87056Coordinates: 42°44′26″N 002°52′14″E / 42.74056°N 2.87056°E / 42.74056; 2.87056
Websitewww.aeroport-perpignan.com
Map
LFMP is located in Occitanie
LFMP
LFMP
Location of airport in Occitanie region
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
13/31 1,265 4,150 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers463,235
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 12.9%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport (French: Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes) (IATA: PGF, ICAO: LFMP), also known as Llabanère Airport, as well as Aéroport de Perpignan - Sud de France, is a small international airport near Perpignan and Rivesaltes, both communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales Department in the Occitanie region of south France.

Facilities[]

The airport is 144 feet (44 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 15/33 is 2,500 by 45 metres (8,202 ft × 148 ft) and 13/31 is 1,265 by 20 metres (4,150 ft × 66 ft).[1]

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Airlines and destinations[]

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport:[3]

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air France Hop Seasonal: Brest, Lille, Nantes, Strasbourg
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Oran
Ryanair[4] Agadir (begins 3 November 2021),[5] Charleroi, Lisbon (begins 1 November 2021),[6] Marrakesh
Seasonal: Birmingham, London–Stansted[4]
Volotea Seasonal: Lille, Nantes, Strasbourg[7]

Statistics[]

See source Wikidata query and sources.


Incidents and accidents[]

  • On the 27th of November 2008, Flight 888T, an Airbus A320 (owned by Air New Zealand) operating for XL Airways Germany, crashed whilst on a test flight from Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport. The aircraft stalled and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all seven on board. The aircraft was due to be returned to its original owner.
  • On the 25th of July 2019, after rehearsing for a show, one of the France Air Force (Patrouille de France) planes crashed while landing. The pilot was able to escape. Some damage was caused to the fence on the northern side of the airport.

Presidential airplanes[]

The airport serves as a maintenance facility to several Presidential airplanes, including 5A-ONE, an Airbus A340 that flew Libya's Moammar Gadhafi as well as Boeing 727s of Benin and Mauritania and an Airbus A340 that flies French President Emmanuel Macron.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b LFMP – PERPIGNAN RIVESALTES. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ aeroport-perpignan.com - Schedules retrieved 15 May 2016
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ryanair announces 4 summer destinations from Perpignan". lasemaineduroussillon.com. 14 February 2021.
  5. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  6. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  7. ^ "Pyrénées-Orientales - Volotea ouvre une nouvelle ligne à destination de Strasbourg au départ de l'aéroport de Perpignan". 29 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Gadhafi's private jet is back on the move in southern France".

External links[]

Media related to Perpignan - Rivesaltes Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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