Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport

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.

Perpignan – Rivesaltes Airport

Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTransdev
ServesPerpignan / Rivesaltes, France
Elevation AMSL144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates42°44′26″N 002°52′14″E
Websiteaeroport-perpignan.com
Map
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 change 12.9%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

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]

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Air France Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air France Hop Seasonal: Lille, Strasbourg
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Oran
Ryanair Marrakesh
Seasonal: Birmingham, London-Stansted (begins 1 June 2021)[4]
Volotea Seasonal: Lille,[5] Nantes

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.

References
  1. LFMP – PERPIGNAN RIVESALTES. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 January 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. https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  5. Liu, Jim. "Volotea outlines post-COVID 19 network expansion in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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