Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport
nativename = Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
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IATA = LDE
ICAO = LFBT
type = Public
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operator = CCI de Tarbes Hautes-Pyrénées
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location = Tarbes
elevation-f = 1,259
elevation-m = 384
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r1-number = 02/20
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Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport ( _fr. Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées) Airport codes|LDE|LFBT is a small regional airport siutuated 9 km south-southwest of Tarbes and near Lourdes, both "communes" of the Hautes-Pyrénées "département" in France.

Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport currently only serves one scheduled destination, Paris, using Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft. However, from December 2008 Ryanair will add another scheduled service to London Stansted, using Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Additionally, 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.

Airlines and destinations

*Air France (Paris Orly)
*Air Italy (Milan-Malpensa)
*Blue Panorama Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
*Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa, Turin)
*Mistral Air (Milan-Malpensa, Turin, Rome Fiumicino)
*Palmair (Bournemouth)
*Ryanair (London-Stansted [begins 20 December] )
*Titan Airways (London-Stansted)

References

*French Aeronautical Information Publication for AIP_FR|LFBT (PDF) - TARBES LOURDES PYRÉNÉES

External links

* [http://www.tarbes-lourdes.aeroport.fr/GB/index.htm Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport] (official site) en icon
* [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/tarbes-lourdes-pyrenees.php Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées] (Union des Aéroports Français) fr icon
*WAD|LFBT