Pau Pyrénées Airport

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{{Infobox airport

| name = Pau Pyrénées Airport

| nativename = Aéroport Pau Pyrénées

| nativename-a =

| nativename-r =

| image = Tour Pau.jpg

| image-width = 250

| IATA = PUF

| ICAO = LFBP

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Pau Chamber of Commerce

| city-served =

| location = Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

| elevation-f = 616

| elevation-m = 188

| coordinates = {{Coord|43|22|48|N|000|25|07|W|type:airport_region:FR-C|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| pushpin_map = France Nouvelle-Aquitaine#France

| pushpin_mapsize = 200

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

| pushpin_label = LFBP

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| metric-elev = y

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 13/31

| r1-length-f = 8,202

| r1-length-m = 2,500

| r1-surface = Asphalt

|stat-year = 2018

|stat1-header = Passengers

|stat1-data = 612,580

|stat2-header = Passenger traffic change

|stat2-data = {{increase}} 2.1%

| footnotes = Sources: Aeroport.fr{{cite web|title=Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018|url=https://www.aeroport.fr/uploads/Rapport%20d'activit%C3%A9%20final.pdf |website=aeroport.fr|access-date=31 August 2019}}

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Pau Pyrénées Airport ({{langx|fr|link=no|Aéroport Pau Pyrénées}}) {{airport codes|PUF|LFBP}} is an airport serving Pau, France. It is located {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Pau in Uzein, a commune of the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (named for the Pyrénées mountains and the Atlantic Ocean).

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Pau Pyrénées Airport:

{{Airport-dest-list

| Air France | Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221026-afnw22cdg|title=Air France NW22 Paris CDG Europe Frequency Variations – 23OCT22|website=Aeroroutes}}
Seasonal: Ajaccio,{{cite web | url=https://www.larepubliquedespyrenees.fr/economie/aeroport/air-france-deux-lignes-entre-pau-et-la-corse-cet-ete-8193119.php | title=Air France : Deux lignes entre Pau et la Corse cet été | date=February 2022 }} Figari

| Amelia International | Paris–Orly{{cite web |title=Amelia NS25 Paris Orly – Pau Operations |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250423-8rns25orypuf |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=23 April 2025}}

| Chalair Aviation | Seasonal: Brest,{{Cite web|url=https://www.chalair.fr/|title=Chalair|website=www.chalair.fr}} Kerry{{Cite web|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques/pau/aeroport-de-pau-destination-la-corse-la-bretagne-et-l-irlande-cet-ete-18402032.php|title=Aéroport de Pau : destination la Corse, la Bretagne et l'Irlande cet été|date=2 February 2024|website=SudOuest.fr}}

| Transavia | Paris–Orly{{Cite web|url=https://www.deplacementspros.com/transport/transavia-va-relier-paris-orly-a-pau-et-perpignan|title = Air France remplacée par sa filiale Transavia sur Orly-Pau et Orly-Perpignan|date = 11 January 2022}}{{bsn|date=January 2025}}

| Twin Jet | Lyon,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230724-t7sep23puf|title=TwinJet Adds Lyon - Pau Service from Sep 2023|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=24 July 2023|accessdate=24 July 2023}} Marseille{{cn|date=April 2025}}

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Statistics

Military usage

Apart from the civilian terminal, there are military installations on the south side of the airfield. These host the 4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment, the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment and the French Army's paratrooper's training.

Aircraft production

In 2015 Airbus announced that its E-Fan electric aircraft was to be produced at Pau Pyrénées Airport, at a new facility to be constructed in 2016. The location was chosen to be near the DAHER-SOCATA plant at Tarbes. First deliveries of the E-Fan were expected at the end of 2017 or early 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Airbus-E-Fan-To-Be-Built-In-Pau-France-224000-1.html|title=Airbus E-Fan To Be Built In Pau, France|work=AVweb|date=30 April 2015|access-date=4 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://objectifaquitaine.latribune.fr/business/aeronautique-et-defense/2015-04-30/l-e-fan-decollera-de-pau.html|title=L'E-fan décollera de Pau|work=La Tribune|language=fr|date=30 April 2015|access-date=4 May 2015}}

Accidents and incidents

On 25 January 2007, Air France Flight 7775 from Pau to Paris crashed shortly after take-off. All 54 passengers and crew escaped from the Fokker 100 although one person was killed on the ground.{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/01/26/211751/picture-truck-driver-killed-as-air-france-rgional-fokker-100-hits-vehicle-during-overrun-in.html |title=Picture: Truck driver killed as Air France Régional Fokker 100 hits vehicle during overrun in Pau |publisher=Flight Global |access-date=2 January 2009}} An investigation by the BEA revealed that the cause of the accident was ice on the wings of the aircraft involved.{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/31/320577/icing-led-to-air-france-fokker-take-off-crash-investigators.html |title=Icing led to Air France Fokker take-off crash: investigators |publisher=Flight Global |access-date=2 January 2009}}

References

French Aeronautical Information Publication for {{AIP_FR|LFBP}} (PDF) – PAU PYRÉNÉES

External links

[http://www.pau.aeroport.fr/passenger/ Pau Pyrénées Airport] {{in lang|en}}
[http://www.pau.aeroport.fr/ Aéroport Pau Pyrénées] {{in lang|fr}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061125012521/http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/pau-pyrenees.php Aéroport de Pau – Pyrénées] (Union des Aéroports Français) {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Airports in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Category:Transport in Pyrénées-Atlantiques