Carcassonne Airport
Carcassonne Airport Aéroport de Carcassonne | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Transdev | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Carcassonne, France | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 434 ft / 132 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°12′57″N 002°18′31″E / 43.21583°N 2.30861°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Carcassonne Airport | ||||||||||||||
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  LFMK Location of airport in Occitanie region | |||||||||||||||
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Carcassonne Airport (French: Aéroport de Carcassonne, IATA: CCF, ICAO: LFMK) is an airport serving Carcassonne and the south of Languedoc. The airport is located on the western edge of the city, 3 km (2 nautical miles) from the city center, in the Aude department of the Occitanie region in France. It is also known as Salvaza Airport,[3] Carcassonne Salvaza Airport[1] or Carcassonne Airport in Pays Cathare (Aéroport de Carcassonne en Pays Cathare).[2] The airport handles commercial national and international flights as well as private, non-regular air traffic.
Air service history[edit]
In 1993, according to the Official Airline Guide (OAG) Carcassonne was served by Aigle Azur airlines with nonstop service to Paris Orly Airport operated with Saab 340 regional turboprop airliners.[5] During the late 1990s, the airport was being served with budget flights to and from European airports, and by 2006 had regular flight connections with Dublin, London Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands and Charleroi.[6] In 2011, the airport served 368,000 passengers. [citation needed]
Atlas Atlantique Airlines operated from the airport briefly to Oran in Algeria from 2016 to 2017; however, the airline ceased operations in late November 2017.
Ryanair is the only airline currently operating scheduled passenger service into the airport. It operates Boeing 737-800 jetliners on all of its flights.
Facilities[edit]
The airport sits at an elevation of 434 feet (132 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated, which measures 2,050 by 45 metres (6,726 ft × 148 ft). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a grass surface measuring 800 by 30 metres (2,625 ft × 98 ft).[1] It can cater to aircraft operating under VFR.
Inside the terminal building there are two departure gates. A small shop is land-side in the terminal.
A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is also at the airport.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Carcassonne Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ryanair | Charleroi, London–Stansted, Manchester Seasonal: Bournemouth, Cagliari, Cork, Dublin,[7] East Midlands, Porto, Tangier (begins 1 May 2024)[8] |
Statistics[edit]
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Ground transportation[edit]
There is a shuttle bus service from the airport to the centre of Carcassonne and Carcassonne Station, which runs to coincide with the arrivals of flights.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c LFMK – CARCASSONNE SALVAZA. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 18 April 2024.
- ^ a b (in French) Aéroport de Carcassonne en Pays Cathare Archived 25 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine at Union des Aéroports Français
- ^ a b Airport information for LFMK[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for CCF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Oct. 1, 1993 OAG Desktop Flight Guide
- ^ Laverock, Iain. "10 International airports with cheap flights to South France". Go South France. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Ryanair cuts 17 routes and 19 aircraft from Dublin Airport over 45% increase in airport costs". 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
