Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport
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| Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport Aéroport de Guadeloupe - Pôle Caraïbes Pointe-à-Pitre - Le Raizet Airport |
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| IATA: PTP – ICAO: TFFR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Location | Pointe-à-Pitre | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 35 ft / 35 feet (11 m) m | ||
| Coordinates | 16°15′51″N 061°31′33″W / 16.26417°N 61.52583°WCoordinates: 16°15′51″N 061°31′33″W / 16.26417°N 61.52583°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 11/29 | 3,125 | 10,253 | Asphalt |
| Source: French AIP[1] | |||
Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre - Le Raizet Airport (IATA: PTP, ICAO: TFFR), also known as Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes in French, is an airport in Abymes, near Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. It is the main hub for Air Caraïbes and is located 2.4 km (1.5 mi) north northeast[1] of the town. It is the largest of the 6 airports in the archipelago.
Runway 11/29 is the 2nd-longest of any runway in the Caribbean (after Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico), allowing aircraft as large as the A380 to take off and land without difficulty.
The Airport is also one of the best in the Antilles. It has been chosen the best destination in 2007.
In 2007, the airport handled nearly 2.5 millions passengers. It is one of the busiest airports in the Lesser Antilles.
The Airport was also one of the first to handle the first A380 prototype in the 2nd week of January 2006, for 2 days. The same year, the airport celebrated its 40th anniversary.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Antilles Express | Fort-de-France, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin-Grand Case |
| Air Canada | Montréal-Trudeau |
| Air Caraïbes | Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Havana, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Paris-Orly, Port-au-Prince, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin-Grand Case, Saint Lucia, Santo Domingo |
| Air France | Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Miami, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [seasonal], Paris-Orly, Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo |
| American Eagle | San Juan |
| Corsairfly | Paris-Orly |
| LIAT | Antigua, Dominica-Melville Hall |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes (official site) (French)
- Aéroport de Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
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