Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport

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Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées; IATA: LDE, ICAO: LFBT) is an airport 9 km south-southwest of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France.

Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport

Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSNC-Lavalin Aéroport
LocationTarbes
Elevation AMSL1,259 ft / 384 m
Coordinates43°11′06″N 000°00′07″W / 43.18500°N 0.00194°W / 43.18500; -0.00194
Websitetlp.aeroport.fr
Map
LFBT is located in Occitanie
LFBT
LFBT
Location of airport in Occitanie region
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers462,072
Passenger Change 17-18Increase6.3%

Operations edit

 
Terminal interior

It handles scheduled and charter flights from across Europe, with many passengers being Catholic pilgrims journeying to nearby Lourdes. The airport can handle large aircraft such as the Boeing 747. The airport is also the site of the DAHER-SOCATA light aircraft factory, maker of the SOCATA TBM single-engine turboprop, as well as aircraft storage facilities operated by Tarmac Aerosave [fr].

Airlines and destinations edit

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from the airport:[1]

AirlinesDestinations
AlbaStar[2] Seasonal: Bergamo
easyJet Milan–Malpensa[3]
Ryanair[1] Bergamo, Charleroi, Dublin, London–Stansted, Malta, Rome–Ciampino
Seasonal: Kraków[4]
Volotea Paris–Orly[5]
Seasonal: Catania,[6] Naples,[7] Palermo,[7] Rome–Fiumicino[8]

Statistics edit

Annual passenger traffic at LDE airport. See Wikidata query.

References edit

  1. ^ a b tlp.aeroport.fr - Map of destinations retrieved 29 May 2022
  2. ^ "Albastar annuncia la programmazione estiva in partenza dall'Aeroporto di Milano Bergamo". AlbaStar. 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Hautes-Pyrénées : EasyJet annonce son arrivée à l'aéroport Tarbes-Lourdes Pyrénées avec une nouvelle destination". 7 December 2022.
  4. ^ "11 nowych tras Ryanaira z Polski! Kilka z nich to absolutne hity".
  5. ^ "Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées : Volotea choisie pour la ligne Tarbes-Orly".
  6. ^ "Volotea Annuncia a Catania Una Nuova Rotta Esclusiva Verso Lourdes". 16 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b "VOLOTEA - Vuelos baratos, ofertas y billetes de avión a Europa". 3 May 2022.
  8. ^ "L'Annuncio di Volotea: "Da Fiumicino rotta esclusiva verso Lourdes"". 17 November 2022.

Bibliography edit

External links edit

  Media related to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport at Wikimedia Commons