Pau Pyrénées Airport
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).
Pau Pyrénées Airport Aéroport Pau Pyrénées | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Pau Chamber of Commerce | ||||||||||
| Location | Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 188 m / 616 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°22′48″N 000°25′07″W | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  LFBP Location of airport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine region | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Statistics (2018) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Sources: Aeroport.fr[1] | |||||||||||
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air France | Lille, Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Nice,[2] Strasbourg[3] |
| ASL Airlines France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle[4] |
| Chalair Aviation | Nantes |
| Twin Jet | Marseille |
| Volotea | Seasonal: Nice[5] |
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.[6][7]
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.[8] An investigation by the BEA revealed that the cause of the accident was ice on the wings of the aircraft involved.[9]
References
- "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- Liu, Jim. "HOP! adds seasonal domestic routes in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- https://www.air-journal.fr/2018-11-21-air-france-pau-strasbourg-et-trousse-bebe-5207443.html
- "ASL Airlines France to launch domestic passenger ops". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269344/volotea-s17-new-routes-as-of-14oct16/
- "Airbus E-Fan To Be Built In Pau, France". AVweb. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- "L'E-fan décollera de Pau". La Tribune (in French). 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- "Picture: Truck driver killed as Air France Régional Fokker 100 hits vehicle during overrun in Pau". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- "Icing led to Air France Fokker take-off crash: investigators". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- French Aeronautical Information Publication for LFBP (PDF) – PAU PYRÉNÉES
External links
- Pau Pyrénées Airport (in English)
- Aéroport Pau Pyrénées (in French)
- Aéroport de Pau – Pyrénées (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
- Airport information for LFBP at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.