Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport

Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport (French: Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes) (IATA: PGF, ICAO: LFMP), also known as Llabanère Airport, as well as Aéroport de Perpignan - Sud de France, is a small international airport near Perpignan and Rivesaltes, both communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales Department in the Occitanie region of south France.

Perpignan – Rivesaltes Airport

Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSPLAR Société Publique Locale Aéroportuaire Régionale
ServesPerpignan / Rivesaltes, France
Elevation AMSL144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates42°44′26″N 002°52′14″E
Websitewww.aeroport-perpignan.com
Map
LFMP is located in Occitanie
LFMP
LFMP
Location of airport in Occitanie region
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
13/31 1,265 4,150 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers463,235
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 12.9%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

Facilities

The airport is 144 feet (44 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 15/33 is 2,500 by 45 metres (8,202 ft × 148 ft) and 13/31 is 1,265 by 20 metres (4,150 ft × 66 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport:[3]

AirlinesDestinations
Aer Lingus[4] Seasonal: Dublin
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Oran[5]
Ryanair[6] Agadir, Charleroi, Marrakesh
Seasonal: Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted
Transavia[7] Paris–Orly
Volotea Seasonal: Lille, Nantes

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at PGF airport. See Wikidata query.

Incidents and accidents
  • On 27 November 2008, Flight 888T, an Airbus A320 (owned by Air New Zealand) operating for XL Airways Germany, crashed whilst on a test flight from Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport. The aircraft stalled and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all seven on board. The aircraft was due to be returned to its original owner.
  • On 25 July 2019, after rehearsing for a show, one of the France Air Force (Patrouille de France) planes crashed while landing. The pilot was able to escape. Some damage was caused to the fence on the northern side of the airport.

Presidential airplanes

The airport serves as a maintenance facility for several presidential airplanes, including 5A-ONE, an Airbus A340 that flew Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, as well as Boeing 727s of Benin and Mauritania and an Airbus A340 that flies French President Emmanuel Macron.[8]

References
  1. LFMP – PERPIGNAN RIVESALTES. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 5 October 2023.
  2. "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. aeroport-perpignan.com - Schedules retrieved 15 May 2016
  4. "Aer Lingus". Perpignan Airport. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. "ASL Airlines France NS23 Algeria Network Additions".
  6. "Ryanair announces 4 summer destinations from Perpignan". lasemaineduroussillon.com. 14 February 2021.
  7. "Perpignan – Orly/ Transavia : La compagnie aérienne confirme… deux vols par jour à partir du 27 mars 2022 (Et à partir de 35 €uros) ! | Ouillade.eu". 11 January 2022.
  8. "Gadhafi's private jet is back on the move in southern France". MSN.

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