Toulon-Hyères airport

Aéroport de Toulon-Hyères ; Base d'aéronautique navale d'Hyères Le Palyvestre;
Characteristics
ICAO code	LFTH
IATA code	TLN
Coordinates	43 ° 5 '51 " N , 6 ° 8' 46" E Coordinates: 43 ° 5 '51 " N , 6 ° 8' 46" E
Height above MSL	2 m (7 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	4 km south of Hyères
Street	D 42
Local transport	Bus route 63 and 102
Basic data
operator	VINCI Airports (civil) ; Navy national (military)
surface	230 ha
Terminals	1
Passengers	505,973 (2019)
Air freight	0 (2019)
Flight ; movements	10,764 (2019)
Capacity ; ( PAX per year)	1,500,000
Runways
05/23	2120 m × 45 m asphalt
14/32	1900 m × 50 m asphalt

The airport Toulon-Hyères ( French Aéroport de Toulon-Hyères ) is the airport of the southern French city of Toulon and is located in Hyères in the French department of Var . It is used both militarily and civilly. The military area is designated as Base d'aéronautique navale d'Hyères Le Palyvestre by the Navy nationale .

history

SNCAC NC 702 Martinet and Curtiss SB2C-5 , Hyères, ca.1951

The use of today's airport by the French Navy began in 1925 as the Center d'Aviation Maritime du Palyvestre as a land base for the Béarn carrier fighter jets . The operation of seaplanes began in 1928. The base was closed in November 1942 and badly damaged during the Allied landing in Provence in the summer of 1944.

After the war, the navy established a training center for crews of initially propeller-driven carrier aircraft. Along with the commissioning of the two Clemencau-class aircraft carriers, jet operations began in 1961.

The squadrons, which were now stationed in Hyères, were relocated to Brittany in the 1960s and the airport was opened for parallel civilian flight operations. Later there were only helicopter units here that were equipped with French types, but also (until 2012) with Sea Lynx .

The first regular civil flight took place on April 1, 1967, construction of the first passenger terminal began in early 1968 and in the spring of the same year Air Inter opened the connection to Paris . Air Alpes began flight operations to Corsica in 1970 , and further connections were added in the following years.

The runway was extended to 2,120 m in 1978 for the operation of wide-bodied aircraft. The training company for the porter crews ended in 1990, and is now taking place in the USA and in Landivisiau . In 1998 the civil terminal was modernized and expanded.

Furnishing

JET A1 and AVGAS can be refueled at the airport. A maximum of 1,500,000 passengers can be handled annually on an area of 11,500 m².

Lights: HI / BI on 05 and 23, PAPI on 05 and 23.

Military use

Hangars and aircraft on the military part of the airfield

The Aéronavale uses the base at the time (2013) as follows:

Flotilla 31F, a squadron multi-purpose helicopter NHIndustries NH90 Nato Fregate Helicopter "Caiman" (since 2012)

Flotilla 35F, a squadron of carrier-based helicopters Eurocopter SA.365N "Dauphin" and Aérospatiale SA.319 "Alouette III" , the former serving as SAR helicopters in Hyères and the four sub-bases Lanvéoc , La Rochelle , Le Touquet and Cherbourg .
Flotilla 36F, a squadron of light airborne multipurpose helicopter Eurocopter AS.565SA "Panther" , as of 2019, conversion to Camcopter S-100 is planned

Detachment 28F / EPV, a division of a squadron with liaison aircraft Embraer EMB 121A "Xingu"

There are also some non-flying associations and the Escadrille CEPA / 10S test center.

After the closure of the naval aviation base at Nîmes airport in 2011, Hyères is the only remaining base of the French naval aviation in the south of the country.

Civil use

Counter hall in the departure area

The operator from 1967 to 2015 was the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie du Var (Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry). On April 1, 2015, the private construction and infrastructure group VINCI Airports received the concession from the French state to operate the airport for the next 25 years.

The airport is served by Air Corsica , Air France , CityJet , Flybe , Jetairfly , Transavia Airlines , Tunisair and Volotea . Direct destinations in the 2015/2016 winter timetable are Brest , Brussels-Charleroi and Paris-Orly . Ajaccio , Bastia , Bordeaux , Bournemouth , London-City , Rotterdam and Tunis are served seasonally with direct flights in the summer flight schedule .

Transport links

The bus routes 63 and 102 of the regional public transport company réseaumistral connect the airport with the center of Hyères and Toulon respectively. Taxis are also available at the civil airport terminal.

Web links

Airfield from a lookout above Hyères

Commons : Aéroport de Toulon-Hyères - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Base d'aéronautique navale d'Hyères Le Palyvestre - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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).
↑ Flotilla 36F to become French Navy UAV parent squadron. Janes, July 10, 2019
↑ toulon-hyeres.aeroport.fr: Corporate (French), accessed on October 6, 2015

[statistik-1] Bulletin statistiquetrafic aérien commercial - Année 2019. In: ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr. Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire, accessed on June 7, 2020 (French).

[2] Flotilla 36F to become French Navy UAV parent squadron. Janes, July 10, 2019

[3] toulon-hyeres.aeroport.fr: Corporate (French), accessed on October 6, 2015