Arrachart Airport

Arrachart Airport (IATA: DIE, ICAO: FMNA) is an airport located near Antsiranana (formerly Diego-Suárez) in Madagascar.

Arrachart Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesAntsiranana, Madagascar
Elevation AMSL374 ft / 114 m
Coordinates12°20′57″S 049°17′30″E
Map
DIE
Location within Madagascar
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Created before the Second World War as Camp Arrachart, a French military and civilian air facility, the airport was named after Ludovic Arrachart, a French aviator and pioneer of intercontinental flying, who made one of the first postal flights between France and Madagascar and died in an accident in 1933. The French air force (Armée de l'air) left in 1973.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Madagascar Antananarivo, Dzaoudzi, Nosy Be, Saint-Denis de la Réunion, Sambava
Ewa Air Dzaoudzi

References

  1. Airport information for FMNA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for FMNA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).


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