Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport

| nativename = Aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes

| image = Aéroport Perpignan Logo.jpg

| image-width = 250

| image2 = MB8A1382.jpg

| image2-width = 250

| IATA = PGF

| ICAO = LFMP

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = SPLAR Société Publique Locale Aéroportuaire Régionale

| city-served = Perpignan / Rivesaltes, France

| location =

| elevation-f = 144

| website = {{URL|www.aeroport-perpignan.com}}

| coordinates = {{coord|42|44|26|N|002|52|14|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = France Occitanie#France

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Occitanie region

| pushpin_label = LFMP

| pushpin_label_position = right

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 15/33

| r1-length-m = 2,500

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| r2-number = 13/31

| r2-length-m = 1,265

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2018

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 463,235

| stat2-header = Passenger traffic change

| stat2-data = {{increase}} 12.9%

| footnotes = Source: French AIP,{{AIP_FR|LFMP|name=PERPIGNAN RIVESALTES}} 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}}

}}

Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport ({{langx|fr|link=no|Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes}}) {{airport codes|PGF|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.

Facilities

The airport is {{convert|144|ft|0}} above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 15/33 is {{convert|2500|x|45|m|0}} and 13/31 is {{convert|1265|x|20|m|0}}.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport:[http://www.aeroport-perpignan.com/en/schedules.html-0 aeroport-perpignan.com - Schedules] retrieved 15 May 2016

{{Airport destination list

| Aer Lingus{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroport-perpignan.com/page-en/aer-lingus |title=Aer Lingus |publisher=Perpignan Airport |access-date=17 January 2021}} | Seasonal: Dublin{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221214-eins23eu|title=AerLingus NS23 European Network Changes – 12DEC22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=14 December 2022|accessdate=14 March 2025|language=en}}

| {{nowrap|ASL Airlines France}} | Seasonal: Oran{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230329-5ons23 | title=ASL Airlines France NS23 Algeria Network Additions }}

| Ryanair{{cite web|url=https://www.lasemaineduroussillon.com/2021/02/14/ryanair-annonce-4-destinations-estivales-au-depart-de-perpignan/|title=Ryanair announces 4 summer destinations from Perpignan|website=lasemaineduroussillon.com|date=14 February 2021}} | Agadir,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Perpignan, France|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=845}} Charleroi, Marrakesh
Seasonal: Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-frns23|title=Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23|website=Aeroroutes}} London–Stansted

| Transavia | Paris–Orly{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouillade.eu/agenda/perpignan-orly-transavia-la-compagnie-aerienne-confirme-deux-vols-par-jour-a-partir-du-27-mars-2022-et-a-partir-de-35-euros/245506|title = Perpignan – Orly/ Transavia : La compagnie aérienne confirme… deux vols par jour à partir du 27 mars 2022 (Et à partir de 35 €uros) ! | Ouillade.eu| date=11 January 2022 }}

| Volotea | Seasonal: Lille,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Nantes{{cn|date=April 2025}}

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Statistics

Incidents and accidents

On 27 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 25 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.

Presidential airplanes

The airport serves as a maintenance facility for several presidential airplanes, including 5A-ONE, an Airbus A340 that flew Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, as well as Boeing 727s of Benin and Mauritania and an Airbus A340 that flies French President Emmanuel Macron.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-gadhafi-s-private-jet-is-stranded-in-southern-france/ar-BB1dPd1g|title=Gadhafi's private jet is back on the move in southern France|publisher=MSN}}

References

External links

[http://www.aeroport-perpignan.com/ Aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes] {{in lang|fr}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070109001959/http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/perpignan-rivesaltes.php Aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes] (Union des Aéroports Français) {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Airports in Occitania (administrative region)

Airport

Category:Airports established in 1910