Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport
| Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | CCI de Pointe à Pitre | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe | ||||||||||
| Location | Abymes | ||||||||||
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| Focus city for | Air France[1] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 35 ft / 11 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 | ||||||||||
| Website | guadeloupe.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||
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Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet[2] or Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes[4] "Caribbean Hub") (IATA: PTP, ICAO: TFFR) is an international airport serving Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe, France.
The airport is located in Abymes, 2.4 km (1.3 NM) north-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre.[2] It is the main hub for Air Caraïbes and Air Antilles Express. Air France has also two Airbus A320 based in Pointe-à-Pitre for regional flights. It is the largest of the six airports in the archipelago. In 2015, the airport handled 2,089,763 passengers; it is the second busiest airport in the Lesser Antilles after Queen Beatrix International Airport located in Aruba, and before Grantley Adams International Airport located in Barbados.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of 35 ft (11 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 12/30 which measures 3,125 m × 45 m (10,253 ft × 148 ft).[2] Runway 12/30 is long enough to allow aircraft as large as the A380 to take off and land without difficulty. 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.
The former Air Guadeloupe had its head office on the airport.[5]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Terminal Arrangements
- Terminal 1 is used by Air Caraïbes flights to Paris, Air France (excepts AF600), Air Transat, Corsair International, XL Airways France, and all charters flights.
- Terminal 2 is used by Air Antilles, Air Canada Rouge, Air Caraïbes regionals flights, Air France AF600, American Airlines, Ava Air, Cubana, LIAT, Norwegian, Servicios Aéreos Profesionales, Winair.
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Amerijet International | Miami |
| DHL Aviation | Dominica-Canefield(to resume) |
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic (enplaned + deplaned), 2000 - 2017
| Year | Passengers | Year | Passengers |
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| 2000 | 2 117 232 | 2010 | 1 948 813 |
| 2001 | 1 896 044 | 2011 | 2 050 471 |
| 2002 | 1 805 420 | 2012 | 1 994 575 |
| 2003 | 1 761 455 | 2013 | 2 033 763 |
| 2004 | 1 866 739 | 2014 | 2 029 080 |
| 2005 | 1 836 490 | 2015 | 2 089 763 |
| 2006 | 1 861 362 | 2016 | 2 253 284 |
| 2007 | 1 960 912 | 2017 | 2 361 173 |
| 2008 | 2 020 042 | 2018 | 1 695 233 (Jan-Aug) |
| 2009 | 1 839 786 | 2019 | Example |
10 Busiest routes from Guadeloupe Pôle Caraîbes Airport in 2016
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top Carriers |
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| 1 | Paris, France | 1 253 240 | Air France, Air Caraîbes, Corsair, XL Airways |
| 2 | Fort de France, France (Martinique) | 428 609 | Air France, Air Caraibes, Air Antilles Express |
| 3 | Saint Martin Grand Case, France | 160 043 | Air Caraîbes, Air Antilles Express |
| 4 | Cayenne, France (French Guyana) | 46 493 | Air France |
| 5 | Port-au-Prince, Haîti | 34 021 | Air France |
| 6 | Saint Barthelemy, France | 32 349 | Air Antilles Express |
| 7 | Montréal, Canada | 30 530 | Air Canada, Air Transat (seasonal) |
| 8 | Miami & Fort Lauderdale, USA | 28 813 | Air France, American Airlines to/from Miami & Norwegian to/from Fort Lauderdale (seasonal) |
| 9 | New York JFK, USA | 23 628 | Norwegian (seasonal) |
| 10 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 20 952 | Air Caraîbes, Air Antilles Express |
References
- ↑ "Air France, un acteur régional majeur dans la Caraïbe, Septembre 2013" (PDF). Corporate.airfrance.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 TFFR – Pointe a Pitre Le Raizet. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 11 October 2018.
- ↑ (in French) Aéroport de Pointe-à-Pitre – Le Raizet Archived 9 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine. at Union des Aéroports Français
- 1 2 (in French) Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes, official site
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March 1988. 41. "Head Office: Aéroport du Raizet, 97110 Abymes, Guadeloupe, French West Indies"
- ↑ Liu, Jim (1 August 2018). "Air Canada expands 737 MAX 8 network in W18". Routesonline. UBM (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ Fernández, Silvia (28 November 2017). "Level no se conforma con Barcelona: empieza a volar desde París otras cuatro nuevas rutas trasatlánticas" [Level does not settle with Barcelona: airline starts flying four new transatlantic routes from Paris]. EL MUNDO, Economía (in Spanish). ELMUNDO.es. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- 1 2 Duclos, François (21 June 2018). "Antilles: Norwegian desservira la Guyane et Montréal" [Antilles: Norwegian will serve Guyana and Montréal]. Air Journal (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2018.