Albert Picardy Airport
Albert Picardy Airport | ||
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Characteristics | ||
ICAO code | LFAQ | |
IATA code | BYF | |
Coordinates | ||
Height above MSL | 111 m (364 ft ) | |
Transport links | ||
Distance from the city center | 4 km southeast of Albert | |
Basic data | ||
operator | Société d'Exploitation Aéroport Albert Picardie (SEAAP) | |
Passengers | 3,465 (2019) | |
Air freight | 1,631 t (2019) | |
Flight movements |
709 (2019) | |
Runways | ||
09/27 | 2200 m × 45 m asphalt | |
09R / 27L | 1000 m × 80 m grass |
The Albert-Picardie Airport (alternatively Airport Albert-Bray , French Aéroport Albert-Picardie ; IATA code BYF , ICAO code LFAQ ) is an airport near the French town of Albert in the Somme department (region Hauts-de-France in Northeastern France). The airport is 4 km southeast of Albert, in Bray-sur-Somme .
Its main function is to transport Airbus aircraft components that are manufactured in the nearby Airbus production facility in Méaulte . The airport runway is long enough to use the Beluga aircraft used by Airbus for this purpose .
The airport is also home to a flying club that operates a number of small aircraft from here.
The British low-cost airline Jet2.com announced flights to Albert-Picardie Airport for 2009, but these were canceled before the connection was started. In January 2012, plans for a connection to Blackpool through Danish Air Transport were announced. These flights were also canceled before the admission. Binair has been operating a weekday route to Toulouse since 2013 .
Facilities
The airport is at a height of 111 m. It has an asphalt runway (09/27) 2200 m long and 45 m wide as well as a parallel grass runway 1000 m long and 80 m wide. Public parking, taxis and rental car companies are available.
Web links
- Aéroport Albert Picardie , official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bulletin statistiquetrafic aérien commercial - Année 2019. In: ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr. Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire, accessed on June 7, 2020 (French).
- ↑ http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/l-aerogare-en-transit-vers-le-futur-ia181b0n48740