Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport

Perpignan – Rivesaltes Airport Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes
IATA: PGF – ICAO: LFMP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Transdev
Serves	Perpignan / Rivesaltes, France
Elevation AMSL	144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates	42°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
Website	aeroport-perpignan.com
Maps
Location of Languedoc-Roussillon region in France
LFMP Location of airport in Languedoc-Roussillon region
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 2,500 8,202 Asphalt 13/31 1,265 4,150 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 353,872 Passenger Change 13-14 3.5%
Source: French AIP[1]

Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport (French: Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes) (IATA: PGF, ICAO: LFMP), also known as Llabanère Airport, is a small international airport near Perpignan and Rivesaltes, both communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southwestern 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]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport:^[2]

Incidents and accidents

• On 27 November 2008, Flight 888T, an Airbus A320 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 the lessor Air New Zealand.

References

External links

Media related to Perpignan - Rivesaltes Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes (French)
• Aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
• Airport information for LFMP at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.