Pointe-à-Pitre Airport
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | TFFR |
| IATA code | PTP |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 11 m (36 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5 km north of Pointe-à-Pitre |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1965 |
| operator | Société aéroportuaire Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes (SAGPC) |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 2,248,934 (2016) |
| Air freight | 10,541 t (2016) |
| Flight movements |
29,276 (2016) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
4 million |
| Start-and runway | |
| 12/30 | 3505 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport ( IATA code PTP , ICAO code TFFR even Aéroport Pôle Caraïbes or Aéroport Le Raizet called officially Aéroport de Point-à-Pitre Le Raizet ) is the main airport of Guadeloupe . It is the only square in Guadeloupe that has the capacity for wide-body aircraft. It had around 2.2 million passengers in 2016. The airport is located on the island of Grande-Terre , in the area of the municipality of Les Abymes , around five kilometers north of Pointe-à-Pitre .
It is the home airport for Air Caraïbes and Air Antilles Express .
history
The airport opened in 1965. The terminal was on the south side. In 1970 the first Boeing 747 landed . In order to cope with the increasing number of passengers, a new terminal was built in the northern part of the 1990s and opened in 1996. All international flights are now handled here; it has five passenger boarding bridges .
A small freight center was also built. In 2006 the Airbus A380 visited Guadeloupe Airport on a test flight.
Terminal T2, which is intended for regional Caribbean flights, was inaugurated on June 30, 2014.
Infrastructure
The airport runway is 3.5 km long and can accommodate all wide-body aircraft. The terminals are designed for four million passengers a year. There are several flight clubs, including Les Ailes Guadeloupéennes and Aéroclub de l'Aviation Civile Guadeloupe .
See also
Incidents
- On June 22, 1962, an Air France Boeing 707-328 ( aircraft registration F-BHST) deviated from its intended route and approached Pointe-à-Pitre Airport at an altitude of 1,400 meters against a wooded mountain. All 113 people on board were killed. As a result of a thunderstorm, the radio compass had incorrect indications (see also Air France flight 117 ) .
- On March 5, 1968 flew Boeing 707-328C of Air France (F-BLCJ) while approaching the airport altitude of 1200 meters against a volcano. All 63 people on board were killed. The flight recorder could never be recovered and the cause of the crash could not be determined.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Statistics on the website of the Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie. (PDF; 2.55 MB) (No longer available online.) In: developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, archived from the original on April 29, 2017 ; accessed on May 12, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Accident report B-707 F-BHST , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 29, 2019.
- ^ Accident report B-707 F-BLCJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 29, 2019.
