Bastia – Poretta Airport
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| Bastia - Poretta Airport Aéroport de Bastia - Poretta |
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| IATA: BIA – ICAO: LFKB | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | CCI de Bastia et Haute-Corse | ||
| Serves | Bastia, Corsica, France | ||
| Location | Lucciana | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||
| Coordinates | 42°33′00″N 009°29′05″E / 42.55000°N 9.48472°ECoordinates: 42°33′00″N 009°29′05″E / 42.55000°N 9.48472°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 16/34 | 2,520 | 8,268 | Asphalt |
| Source: French AIP[1] | |||
Bastia – Poretta Airport or Aéroport de Bastia - Poretta (IATA: BIA, ICAO: LFKB) is an airport serving Bastia on the island of Corsica. It is located 17 km (11 mi) south southeast of Bastia in Lucciana,[1] both communes of the Haute-Corse département in France.
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Airlines and destinations [edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air France | Paris-Orly |
| Air France operated by Air Corsica |
Marseille, Nice, Paris-Orly |
| Air France operated by HOP! |
Seasonal: Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Lille, Lyon, Metz-Nancy, Nantes, Toulouse |
| BMI Regional | Seasonal Charter: Bristol (begins 23 June 2013)[2] |
| British Airways | Seasonal Charter: London-Heathrow |
| EasyJet | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Lyon, Manchester |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Seasonal: Geneva |
| Germanwings | Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel (begins 25 May 2013), Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart |
| InterSky | Seasonal: Friedrichshafen |
| Jetairfly | Seasonal: Brussels |
| Lufthansa | Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel [ends 25 May 2013], Frankfurt |
| Lufthansa operated by Eurowings |
Seasonal: Hamburg |
| Lufthansa operated by Lufthansa CityLine |
Seasonal: Munich |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Seasonal: Brussels (begins 26 June 2013) |
| Volotea | Brest, Bordeaux, Lille (begins 2 June 2013), Nantes, Toulouse |
| XL Airways France | Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (begins 20 June 2013) |
World War II [edit]
In 1944, during World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force. On 31 July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the legendary French pilot, took off from this airport and disappeared, on a reconnaissance flight over France in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
USAAF combat units assigned:[clarification needed]
- 414th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 5 February–July 1944; 5 September-13 October 1944, Bristol Beaufighter
- 416th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 14–23 August 1944, P-61 Black Widow
- 417th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), February–April 1944; 25 April-7 September 1944, Bristol Beaufighter[3]
- 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, (3d Reconnaissance Group), 11 July-24 September 1944, P-38/F-5 Lightning
- 23d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, (3d Reconnaissance Group), 11 July-24 September 1944, P-38/F-5 Lightning
- 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, (XII Tactical Air Command), 21 July-27 August 1944, P-51/F-6 Mustang
- 42d Bombardment Wing was headquartered at the airfield, 21 September-24 November 1944.
References [edit]
- ^ a b LFKB – BASTIA PORETTA (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 2 May 2013.
- ^ BMI Regional S13 Charter for Corsican Holidays
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
This article incorporates External links [edit]
- Bastia Airport (official site) (English)
- Aéroport de Bastia-Poretta at Union des Aéroports Français (French)
- Current weather for LFKB at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BIA at Aviation Safety Network
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