Bastia–Poretta Airport

Bastia–Poretta Airport
Aéroport de Bastia Poretta
Aeroportu di Bastia Poreta
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCCI of Bastia and Upper Corsica
ServesBastia
LocationLucciana, Corsica, France
Elevation AMSL26 ft (7.9 m)
Coordinates42°33′00″N 009°29′05″E / 42.55000°N 9.48472°E / 42.55000; 9.48472
Websitebastia.aeroport.fr
Map
LFKB is located in Corsica
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Location of the airport in Corsica
LFKB is located in France
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LFKB (France)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,520 8,268 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers1,489,038
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 24.1%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

Bastia–Poretta Airport[a] (IATA: BIA, ICAO: LFKB) is an airport serving Bastia on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. It is located 17 km (11 mi) south-southeast of Bastia at Lucciana,[1] both of which are communes of the Upper Corsica department.

History

Airphoto of Borgo Airfield, 15 August 1944. Note the large number of B-17s on the parking apron, probably used during the Invasion of Southern France.

In 1944, during World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force. On 31 July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the legendary French pilot, took off from this airport and disappeared, on a reconnaissance flight over France in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

USAAF combat units assigned:

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Bastia – Poretta airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Corsica Ajaccio,[4] Lyon,[5] Marseille,[6] Nice,[6] Paris–Orly,[6] Toulouse[7]
Seasonal: Bordeaux (begins 1 November 2026),[8] Brussels-Charleroi,[9] Dole,[10] Rome–Fiumicino,[11] Nantes (begins 1 November 2026),[8] Rennes,[12] Strasbourg (begins 1 November 2026),[8] Toulon[13]
Air France Paris–Orly[14]
Aurigny Seasonal: Guernsey[15]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[16]
easyJet Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[17] Bordeaux,[18] Geneva,[18] London–Gatwick,[18] Lyon[19]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin,[20] Cologne/Bonn,[21] Düsseldorf,[22] Hannover,[23] Nuremberg,[24][25][26] Stuttgart[22]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[27] Munich[28]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[29]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[30] Stockholm–Arlanda[31]
Transavia Seasonal: Biarritz,[32] Brest,[33] Gothenburg,[34] Lyon,[35] Montpellier,[36] Oujda,[37] Rotterdam/The Hague[38]
Volotea Seasonal: Bordeaux,[39] Brest,[40] Caen,[41] Lille,[42] Lyon,[43] Nantes,[44] Montpellier,[45] Rodez,[46] Paris-Beauvais,[39] Strasbourg,[47] Toulouse[48]

Statistics

PassengersYear400,000600,000800,0001,000,0001,200,0001,400,0001,600,000198019902000201020202030PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Notes

  1. ↑ French: Aéroport de Bastia Poretta, Corsican: Aeroportu di Bastia Poreta

References

  1. 1 2 LFKB – BASTIA PORETTA. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 6 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2022" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  4. ↑ Stouvenot, Marie (17 April 2026). "Aviation : les aéroports de Bastia et d'Ajaccio sont les plus ponctuels de France" (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Frias, Roland (20 April 2026). "Mineurs non accompagnés : une alerte sur la prise en charge à l'arrivée d'un vol Bastia-Lyon, la réponse d'Air Corsica - ICI". ICI, le média de la vie locale (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 "LIST OF PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONS" (PDF). Aeroroutes.com. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Massei, Vincent (17 April 2024). "Air Corsica ouvre une ligne pour Toulouse au départ de Bastia" (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 Fargeaudoux, Alexis (18 October 2025). "Une première en Europe : pour relancer le tourisme, la Corse va acheter des billets d'avion - Capital.fr". www.capital.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Fargeaudoux, Alexis (18 October 2025). "Une première en Europe : pour relancer le tourisme, la Corse va acheter des billets d'avion - Capital.fr". www.capital.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Dagouret, David (25 November 2025). "Air Corsica lance une liaison Dole-Ajaccio" (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  11. ↑ Lanfranchi, Maria (7 April 2023). "Air Corsica inaugure son premier vol Bastia-Rome". www.alta-frequenza.corsica (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Air Corsica arrive à l'aéroport de Rennes pour desservir Ajaccio et Bastia à partir de l'été 2026" (in French). 7 November 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Réal, Olivier (10 July 2024). "L'aéroport Toulon Hyères prend ses vols d'été". mesinfos (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Martin, Corse (28 March 2026). "Air France quitte Orly : les vols vers la Corse maintenus jusqu'en 2027, mais des incertitudes demeurent" (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Aurigny to fly from Guernsey to Corsica in summer". BBC. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  16. ↑ Stefan, Teodor (11 August 2025). "Austrian 2026 summer schedule: 7 new destinations and increased capacity – Aeronews Global". Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Easyjet cancels many flights from Basel due to runway renovation". blue News. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  18. 1 2 3 Duclos, François (3 January 2023). "EasyJet annonce un Bastia – Lisbonne estival | Air Journal". Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Bagage cabine 7 kg vols intérieurs : low-cost contre-attaquent". Ulysse News (in French). 18 April 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "Eurowings launches flights to Tunisia on July 15". African Manager. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  21. ↑ Schmitz, Oliver (19 May 2025). "Eurowings erweitert Angebot: Vier neue Ziele ab Flughafen Köln/Bonn" (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  22. 1 2 Treuherz, Julia (16 January 2026). "Rhomberg Reisen: Offensive für Korsika". touristik aktuell (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "Eurowings erweitert Sommerflugplan um neue Ziele". Aero Telegraph (in German). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  24. ↑ "Vier zusätzliche Reiseziele ab dem Flughafen Nürnberg: Eurowings baut Angebot aus". 22 January 2024.
  25. ↑ ""Überraschung im Flugplan": Diese beliebte Hauptstadt wird endlich wieder ab Nürnberg angeflogen". 22 January 2024.
  26. ↑ "Mallorca, Nizza und viele mehr: Neue Reiseziele vom Airport Nürnberg".
  27. ↑ Lassetter, Jon (4 May 2023). "New Route of the Day (29 April 2023): Lufthansa between Frankfurt and Biarritz". Air Service One. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  28. ↑ "Lufthansa fährt Flugplan hoch | Diese Ziele werden wieder angeflogen". Frankfurtflyer (in German). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  29. ↑ Grunwald, Aaron (7 April 2025). "Luxair cancels more France flights, but Crete service still operating". Luxembourg Times. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  30. ↑ "Nye og gamle sommerruter fra Norwegian". Travel News Norge (in Norwegian Bokmål). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  31. ↑ Roe, Gustavo (6 December 2024). "Norwegian Introduces Four Direct Routes from Stockholm-Arlanda for Summer 2025". Aviacionline (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  32. ↑ Guillemin, Florian (22 October 2024). "Transavia continues its regional offensive". Business travel. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  33. ↑ "Canaries, Majorque, Porto... les liaisons vers le soleil ont du succès à l'aéroport Brest Bretagne". actu.fr (in French). 12 March 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  34. ↑ Blancmont, Thierry (12 July 2023). "Transavia relie Bastia à la Suède | Air Journal". Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  35. ↑ Caporal, Ludivine (1 October 2024). "Aéroport de Lyon : Transavia ouvre deux lignes vers ces magnifiques îles, dès 34 euros". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  36. ↑ "Aéroport Montpellier destinations été 2026 : 39 lignes". Ulysse News (in French). 7 April 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  37. ↑ [bladi.net/transavia-france-lancera-liaison-maroc,100560.html "Transavia France lance la ligne Bastia - Oujda"] (in French). 6 March 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2026. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
  38. ↑ "À Bastia, Transavia a ouvert sa ligne vers Rotterdam". Corse Net Infos - Pure player corse (in French). 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  39. 1 2 Blancmont, Thierry (29 March 2026). "Volotea annule des vols en invoquant le Moyen-Orient : hausse du kérosène ou mauvaise anticipation ? | Air Journal". Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  40. ↑ "Volotea cancels eleven flights from Caen to Ajaccio in April and May: customers forced to postpone their stay". 27 March 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  41. ↑ Dagouret, David (31 March 2025). "Volotea célèbre ses 10 ans de présence à Caen" (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  42. ↑ Orban, André (11 July 2022). "Volotea adds a second aircraft to its Lille base". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  43. ↑ Fraisse, Thomas (22 September 2025). "Lyon Saint-Exupéry : Volotea renforce encore son offre avec une nouvelle ligne domestique". Lyon décideurs (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  44. ↑ Fargeaudoux, Alexis (18 October 2025). "Une première en Europe : pour relancer le tourisme, la Corse va acheter des billets d'avion - Capital.fr". www.capital.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  45. ↑ Lassetter, Jon (25 January 2026). "Montpellier becomes Volotea's 11th base in France; 12 routes planned this year". Air Service One. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  46. ↑ Roux, Alexis (7 January 2026). "Porto, Ajaccio, Londres… Sept vols seront proposés au départ de l'aéroport de Rodez en 2026" (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  47. ↑ "Strasbourg-Entzheim. Volotea annonce l'ouverture d'une nouvelle liaison, vers Rodez". www.dna.fr (in French). 17 September 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  48. ↑ Laurens, Guillaume (10 September 2025). "Toulouse : Volotea lance une nouvelle ligne vers cette capitale régionale". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2026.

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