Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport

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.

Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport

Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet

Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCCI de Pointe à Pitre
ServesPointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe
LocationAbymes
Hub for
Focus city forAir France[1]
Elevation AMSL35 ft / 11 m
Coordinates16°15′51″N 061°31′33″W
Websiteguadeloupe.aeroport.fr
Map
PTP
Location in Guadeloupe
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,129 10,266 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers2,488,782
Passenger traffic change 2.7%
Aircraft movements28,786
Aircraft movements change 7.4%
Sources: AIP,[2] UAF,[3] Airport,[4]

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 also has two Airbus A320 based in Pointe-à-Pitre for regional flights. It is the largest of the six airports in the archipelago. In 2019, the airport handled 2,488,782 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
Aerial view

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 second week of January 2006, for two days. The same year, the airport celebrated its 40th anniversary. The airport has two interconnected terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Terminal 1 serves both international and regional flights. Terminal 2 only serves regional flights. [5]

The former Air Guadeloupe had its head office at the airport.[6]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Antilles Dominica–Canefield, Dominica–Douglas-Charles, Fort-de-France, Saint Barthélemy, St. Maarten (SXM), St. Martin (SFG), San Juan, Santo Domingo–La Isabela, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Air Belgium Charleroi
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau
Air Caraïbes Fort-de-France, Paris–Orly, St. Maarten (SXM), St. Martin (SFG), Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Air France Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Miami, Paris–Orly, Port-au-Prince
Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal charter: Havana
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
American Eagle Miami
Condor Seasonal charter: Frankfurt
Corsair International Paris–Orly
JetBlue New York–JFK
Neos Seasonal charter: Milan–Malpensa
Servicios Aéreos Profesionales Punta Cana
Winair Dominica–Douglas-Charles

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic (enplaned + deplaned), 2000 - 2020

YearPassengersYearPassengersYearPassengers
20002 117 23220101 948 81320201 269 864
20011 896 04420112 050 4712021
20021 805 42020121 994 5752022
20031 761 45520132 033 7632023
20041 866 73920142 029 0802024
20051 836 49020152 089 7632025
20061 861 36220162 253 2842026
20071 960 91220172 361 1732027
20082 020 04220182 446 2342028
20091 839 78620192 488 7822029

10 busiest routes from Guadeloupe Pôle Caraîbes Airport in 2017

RankCityPassengersTop carriers
1Paris Orly, France1 224 015Air France, Air Caraîbes, Corsair
2Fort de France, France (Martinique)427 920Air France, Air Caraibes, Air Antilles Express
3Saint Martin Grand Case, France166 072Air Caraîbes, Air Antilles Express
4Paris CDG, France86 166XL Airways
5Cayenne, France (French Guyana)47 811Air France
6Montréal, Canada37 249Air Canada, Air Transat (seasonal)
7Port-au-Prince, Haîti35 303Air France
8Saint Barthelemy, France34 814Air Antilles Express
9New York JFK, USA32 861Norwegian (seasonal)
10Miami, USA31 201Air France, American Airlines

References
  1. "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.
  2. TFFR – Pointe a Pitre Le Raizet. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 January 2021.
  3. (in French) Aéroport de Pointe-à-Pitre – Le Raizet Archived 9 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Union des Aéroports Français
  4. (in French) Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes, official site
  5. https://www.guadeloupe-airport.com/terminals.php
  6. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March 1988. 41. "Head Office: Aéroport du Raizet, 97110 Abymes, Guadeloupe, French West Indies"
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