Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport

Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
IATA: LDE – ICAO: LFBT LDE Location of airport in France
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		CCI de Tarbes Hautes-Pyrénées
Location		Tarbes
Elevation AMSL		1,259 ft / 384 m
Coordinates		43°11′06″N 000°00′07″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
02/20	9,843	3,000	Asphalt

Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées) (IATA: LDE, ICAO: LFBT) is a small regional airport located 9 km south-southwest of Tarbes and near Lourdes, both communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées département in France.

Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport currently only has two scheduled destinations, Air France to Paris and Ryanair to London Stansted. In April 2011, Meridiana Fly will commence flights to Rome-Fiumicino and Ryanair to Milan-Bergamo allowing many Italian Catholic pilgrims an easy route to Lourdes . The airport has sufficient capabilities to handle larger aircraft such as the Boeing 747.

Over 70% of the airport traffic is charter flight from a variety of airlines across Europe journeying to the nearby Lourdes as part of a Catholic Pilgrimage.

The airport is home to the Socata light aircraft factory.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air France operated by Brit Air	Paris-Orly
Jetairfly	Seasonal: Brussels
Meridiana Fly	Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino
Ryanair	Bergamo, London-Stansted
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Brussels
Vueling	Barcelona [begins 23 June]

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Mistral Air	Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, Turin
TNT Airways	Brussels

References

• French Aeronautical Information Publication for LFBT (PDF) - TARBES LOURDES PYRÉNÉES

External links

Pre book Lourdes | Tarbes Airport transfers and taxis with Sea-Lifts .

• Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (official site) (French)
• Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
• Airport information for LFBT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.