Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport
{{Short description|A regional airport in Saint Pierre and Miquelon}}
{{redirect|Saint-Pierre Airport|other uses|Saint-Pierre (disambiguation)#Transportation{{!}}Saint-Pierre § Transportation}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Saint-Pierre Airport
| nativename = Aéroport de Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche
| image = LFVP.jpg
| image2 =
| IATA = FSP
| ICAO = LFVP
| type = Public
| owner = Service de l'aviation civile de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
| operator = Service de l'aviation civile de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
| city-served = Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
| location = Saint-Pierre-Pointe Blanche
| elevation-f = 26
| coordinates = {{Coord|46|45|47|N|56|10|27|W|region:FR-PM|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Saint Pierre and Miquelon#North Atlantic
| pushpin_label = LFVP
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and in the North Atlantic
| website =
| metric-rwy = Y
| r1-number = 08/26
| r1-length-m = 1,800
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year =
| stat1-header =
| stat1-data =
| footnotes = Source: French Aeronautical Information Publication for {{AIP FR|LFVP|CAR-SAM-NAM}} (PDF) – SAINT-PIERRE
}}
File:Sainte-Pierre aerial.jpg, 2013]]
Saint-Pierre Airport ({{langx|fr|Aéroport de Saint-Pierre}}) {{airport codes|FSP|LFVP}} is a regional airport located {{Convert|1|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} south of Saint-Pierre, in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the east coast of Canada near Newfoundland.
Overview
This new airport replaced the old airport in the middle of the city.
The airport was completed in August 1999 and consists of four buildings and a control tower. The old airport, opened in 1965 and located on the south side of the inner harbour, was re-located due to the lack of room for expansion (The runway is {{Convert|1800|m}} when compared to the old 11/29 runway at {{convert|1250|m}}).[http://www.dsna-dti.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/actualites/revuesgb/revue57gb/57pgarticle1gb/fr57art1gb.html The New Sainte-Pierre et Miquelon Airport, a successful takeoff] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024105249/http://www.dsna-dti.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/actualites/revuesgb/revue57gb/57pgarticle1gb/fr57art1gb.html |date=October 24, 2007 }} The main terminal building is a two-storey structure. The old airport is located in city centre of St. Pierre and is being redeveloped for housing complexes. The control tower, terminal building, hangar, and part of the old runway (mark number 29) are intact. The airport project cost 370 million French francs.
Facilities
- {{convert|2200|m2|abbr=on}} passenger terminal
- {{convert|1600|m2|abbr=on}} maintenance building to store snow plows
- {{convert|2500|m2|abbr=on}} aircraft hangars and workshop
- {{convert|1400|m2|abbr=on}} civil aviation buildings
The airport handles turboprop aircraft and Boeing 737.
All other aircraft at the airport are private aircraft for general aviation.
Airline and destinations
{{Airport destination list
| Air Saint-Pierre| Halifax, Miquelon, Montréal–Trudeau, St. John's
Seasonal: Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Paris–Charles de Gaulle{{cite web |title=Air Saint-Pierre NS24 Paris Operations |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231116-pjns24cdg |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=16 November 2023}}
Charter: Stephenville
}}
In July 2018, the first nonstop flights from the islands to mainland France launched on Air Saint-Pierre with seasonal summer service from Saint-Pierre directly to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris serviced by ASL Airlines France Boeing 737.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/weirdest-flight-routes-2018-paris-air-saint-pierre-newfoundland-nova-scotia-kansas-city-reykjavik-a8151426.html|title=Weirdest new flight routes, from five-hour 'domestic' French flight to Reykjavik-Kansas City|first=Simon|last=Calder|author-link=Simon Calder|work=The Independent|date=10 January 2018|access-date=22 May 2018}} Previously, all connecting traffic to mainland France was done through airports in Canada, such as Halifax or Montréal–Trudeau.
Statistics
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=FSP}}
Gallery
{{Gallery
|title =
|width = 220
|height = 160
|align = center
|footer =
|File:St Pierre Airport.JPG
|Saint-Pierre Airport from the road; May 14, 2008
|File:St Pierre Airodrome.JPG
|Saint-Pierre airfield from the terminal; May 14, 2008
}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{commons category|Saint-Pierre Airport}}
- [http://www.cheznoo.net/sacspm/ Le Service de l'Aviation Civile de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Airports in France|state=collapsed}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Airports in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Category:Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon