Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport

Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
IATA: LDE – ICAO: LFBT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	SNC-Lavalin Aéroport
Location	Tarbes
Elevation AMSL	1,259 ft / 384 m
Coordinates	43°11′06″N 000°00′07″W / 43.18500°N 0.00194°WCoordinates: 43°11′06″N 000°00′07″W / 43.18500°N 0.00194°W
Website	tlp.aeroport.fr
Maps
Location of Midi-Pyrénées region in France
LFBT Location of airport in Midi-Pyrénées region
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 388,258 Passenger Change 13-14 1.6%

Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées) (IATA: LDE, ICAO: LFBT) is an airport 9 km south-southwest of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France. It handles scheduled and charter flights from across Europe, with many passengers Catholic pilgrims journeying to nearby Lourdes. The airport can handle large aircraft such as the Boeing 747.

The airport is also the site of the DAHER-SOCATA light aircraft factory, maker of the SOCATA TBM single-engine turboprop.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air France operated by HOP!	Paris–Orly
AlbaStar	Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino
Brussels Airlines	Seasonal: Brussels
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Seasonal: Madrid
Jetairfly	Seasonal: Brussels
Middle East Airlines	Seasonal charter: Beirut
Ryanair	London–Stansted Seasonal: Bergamo
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Mistral Air	Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Turin
TNT Airways	Brussels

References

Citations

Bibliography

• French Aeronautical Information Publication for LFBT (PDF) – TARBES LOURDES PYRÉNÉES

External links

Media related to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (official site)
• Aéroport de Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
• Airport information for LFBT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.