Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées; IATA: LDE, ICAO: LFBT) is an airport 9 km south-southwest of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France.
Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | SNC-Lavalin Aéroport | ||||||||||
| Location | Tarbes | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,259 ft / 384 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°11′06″N 000°00′07″W / 43.18500°N 0.00194°W | ||||||||||
| Website | tlp.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||
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  LFBT Location of airport in Occitanie region  LFBT LFBT (France) | |||||||||||
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Operations
It handles scheduled and charter flights from across Europe, with many passengers being Catholic pilgrims journeying to nearby Lourdes. The airport can handle large aircraft such as the Boeing 747. The airport is also the site of the DAHER-SOCATA light aircraft factory, maker of the SOCATA TBM single-engine turboprop, as well as aircraft storage facilities operated by Tarmac Aerosave.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from the airport:[1]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AlbaStar[2] | Seasonal: Bergamo |
| easyJet | Milan–Malpensa[3] |
| Ryanair[1] | Bergamo, Charleroi, Dublin, London–Stansted, Malta, Rome–Ciampino Seasonal: Kraków[4] |
| Volotea | Paris–Orly[5] Seasonal: Catania,[6] Naples,[7] Palermo,[7] Rome–Fiumicino[8] |
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at LDE airport.See Wikidata query.
References
Bibliography
- French Aeronautical Information Publication for LFBT (PDF) – TARBES LOURDES PYRÉNÉES
External links
Media related to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (official site)
- Aéroport de Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
