Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport
| Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: MPL – ICAO: LFMT | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | S.A Aéroport de Montpellier Méditerranée | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Montpellier, France | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mauguio, France | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°34′35″N 003°57′47″E / 43.57639°N 3.96306°ECoordinates: 43°34′35″N 003°57′47″E / 43.57639°N 3.96306°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | montpellier.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||||||
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 Location of Languedoc-Roussillon region in France | |||||||||||||||
  LFMT Location of airport in Languedoc-Roussillon region | |||||||||||||||
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Source: French AIP[1] | |||||||||||||||
Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport or Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée (IATA: MPL, ICAO: LFMT), also known as Fréjorgues Airport, is an airport in southern France. It is located 7 km (4 nautical miles) east-southeast of Montpellier[1] in Mauguio, in the Hérault department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region in France. The airport opened in 1946, 8 years after the first flight to the area.[2]
The airport carries the 10th largest number of passengers in France (over 1.18 million in 2010). There are five airlines that operate year-round at the airport, and several others that operate seasonally or provide charter flights. A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university) is also located at the airport.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 17 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13L/31R is 2,600 by 50 metres (8,530 ft × 164 ft) and 13R/31L is 1,100 by 30 metres (3,609 ft × 98 ft).[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin |
| Air Algérie | Algiers Seasonal: Oran |
| Air Arabia Maroc | Casablanca, Marrakesh, Fes, Nador, Tangier |
| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly |
| Air France operated by HOP! | Nantes |
| Alitalia | Rome–Fiumicino |
| Alitalia operated by Alitalia CityLiner | Rome–Fiumicino |
| British Airways | Seasonal: London-Heathrow (begins 3 May 2017)[3] |
| Chalair Aviation | Bordeaux, Rennes |
| easyJet | London–Gatwick Seasonal: London–Luton |
| easyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse[4] |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf |
| KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Copenhagen |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Ryanair | Charleroi Seasonal: Hahn, Leeds/Bradford |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Copenhagen |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Rotterdam |
| Volotea | Nantes, Strasbourg Seasonal: Ajaccio, Brest |
Ground transport
- Bus route 120 (the "Airport Shuttle") runs between Place de l’Europe tramway station and the Airport along Avenue Pierre Mendès-France.[5]
- ÉcoPôle and Parc Expo are the closest Montpellier tramway stations, but the stations are not close to the passenger terminal.
References
- 1 2 3 LFMT – MONTPELLIER MÉDITERRANÉE. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 December 2016.
- ↑ http://www.montpellier.aeroport.fr/en/tour-d-horizon/historique
- ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269632/british-airways-adds-new-heathrow-europe-routes-in-s17/
- ↑ http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/montpellier/basel-mulhouse-freiburg
- ↑ Aéroport Montpellier Méditerranée, http://www.montpellier.aeroport.fr/en/acces-a-l-aeroport/en-transports-publics
External links
Media related to Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Montpellier Airport (official site) (English)
- CCI de Montpellier (official site) (French)
- Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
- Airport information for LFMT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for LFMT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for LFMT at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for MPL at Aviation Safety Network