Pau Pyrénées Airport

Pau Pyrénées Airport
Aéroport Pau Pyrénées
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Pau Chamber of Commerce
Location Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Elevation AMSL 616 ft / 188 m
Coordinates 43°22′48″N 000°25′07″W / 43.38000°N 0.41861°W / 43.38000; -0.41861Coordinates: 43°22′48″N 000°25′07″W / 43.38000°N 0.41861°W / 43.38000; -0.41861
Map
LFBP
Location of airport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 8,202 2,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 621,492
Passenger Change 13-14 Decrease3.7%

Pau Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport Pau Pyrénées) (IATA: PUF, ICAO: LFBP) is an airport serving Pau, France. It is located 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Pau in Uzein, a commune of the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (named for the Pyrénées mountains and the Atlantic Ocean).

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Maroc Marrakech
Air France Lille, Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly
Chalair Aviation Nantes
Seasonal: Lannion[1]
EasyJet Paris-Charles de Gaulle (begins 4 February 2019)[2]
Twin Jet Marseille
Volotea Seasonal: Nice[3]

Military usage

Apart from the civilian terminal, there are military installations on the south side of the airfield. These host the 4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment, the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment and the French Army's paratrooper's training.

Aircraft production

In 2015 Airbus announced that its E-Fan electric aircraft was to be produced at Pau Pyrénées Airport, at a new facility to be constructed in 2016. The location was chosen to be near the DAHER-SOCATA plant at Tarbes. First deliveries of the E-Fan were expected at the end of 2017 or early 2018.[4][5]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 25 January 2007, Air France Flight 7775 from Pau to Paris crashed shortly after take-off. All 54 passengers and crew escaped from the Fokker 100 although one person was killed on the ground.[6] An investigation by the BEA revealed that the cause of the accident was ice on the wings of the aircraft involved.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chalair.eu
  2. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/280135/easyjet-w18-new-routes-as-of-17aug18/
  3. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269344/volotea-s17-new-routes-as-of-14oct16/
  4. ↑ "Airbus E-Fan To Be Built In Pau, France". AVweb. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "L'E-fan décollera de Pau". La Tribune (in French). 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Picture: Truck driver killed as Air France Régional Fokker 100 hits vehicle during overrun in Pau". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  7. ↑ "Icing led to Air France Fokker take-off crash: investigators". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 January 2009.


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