La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport

La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport (French: aéroport de La Rochelle – Île de Ré) (IATA: LRH, ICAO: LFBH) is an international airport located in the city of La Rochelle, in the Charente-Maritime department, France. The airport also serves Île de Ré, which is accessible via a bridge from La Rochelle.

La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport
Summary
Airport typeInternational
OperatorCCI de La Rochelle
ServesLa Rochelle, France
Elevation AMSL74 ft / 23 m
Coordinates46°10′45″N 001°11′43″W / 46.17917°N 1.19528°W / 46.17917; -1.19528
Map
LFBH is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
LFBH
LFBH
Location of the airport in New Aquitaine
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,255 7,398 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers240 154
IncreaseIncrease8.4%

Airlines and destinations edit

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
easyJet Lyon[1]
Seasonal: Bristol, Geneva, London–Gatwick, Manchester,[2] Nice[3]
Ryanair Marseille
Seasonal: Charleroi, Cork, Dublin, London–Stansted, Marrakesh (begins 3 June 2024),[4] Porto

Traffic and statistics edit

Annual passenger traffic at LRH airport. See Wikidata query.

La Rochelle Airport welcomed 240 154 passengers in 2018, an increase of 8.4% compared to 2017.

Traffic by calendar year
Passengers Change from previous year Movements
1997 37 417 0-- --
1998 44 398  018.7% --
1999 57 460  029.4% --
2000 66 007  014.9% 35 823
2001 76 681  016.2% 34 286
2002 91 854  019.8% 35 271
2003 93 802  02.1% --
2004 100 404  07.0% 33 432
2005 127 563  027.0% 26 573
2006 180 980  041.9% 32 689
2007 220 577  021.9% 32 974
2008 215 145  02.5% 33 212
2009 168 969  021.5% 30 145
2010 191 599  013.4% 29 736
2011 229 214  019.6% 29 679
2012 236 736  03.3% 26 242
2013 216 221  08.7% 24 360
2014 212 361  01.8% 26 198
2015 216.970  02.2% 27 507
2016 221 195  01.9% 28 799
2017 221 453  00.1% 20 660
2018 240 154  08.4% --

References edit

  1. ^ "Aéroport la Rochelle - Ile de Ré : La compagnie EasyJet reprend la ligne la Rochelle-Lyon". 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ "EasyJet adds new summer leisure flights from UK".
  3. ^ "Transport aérien. Optimisme à l'aéroport de la Rochelle qui vise les 150 000 passagers". 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

External links edit

  Media related to Aéroport de La Rochelle - île de Ré at Wikimedia Commons