Pau Pyrénées Airport
Pau Pyrénées Airport Aéroport Pau Pyrénées | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Pau Chamber of Commerce | ||||||||||
| Location | Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 188 m (617 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°22′48″N 000°25′07″W / 43.38000°N 0.41861°W | ||||||||||
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  LFBP Location of airport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  LFBP LFBP (France) | |||||||||||
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Pau Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport Pau Pyrénées) (IATA: PUF, ICAO: LFBP) is an airport serving Pau, France. It is located 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Pau in Uzein, a commune of the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (named for the Pyrénées mountains and the Atlantic Ocean).
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Pau Pyrénées Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle[2] Seasonal: Ajaccio,[3] Figari[3] |
| Amelia International | Paris–Orly[4] |
| Chalair Aviation | Seasonal: Brest,[5] Kerry[6] |
| Transavia | Paris–Orly[7] |
| Twin Jet | Lyon,[8] Marseille |
Statistics
Military usage
Apart from the civilian terminal, there are military installations on the south side of the airfield. These host the 4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment, the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment and the French Army's paratrooper's training.
Aircraft production
In 2015 Airbus announced that its E-Fan electric aircraft was to be produced at Pau Pyrénées Airport, at a new facility to be constructed in 2016. The location was chosen to be near the DAHER-SOCATA plant at Tarbes. First deliveries of the E-Fan were expected at the end of 2017 or early 2018 [9][10] however the programme was cancelled by Airbus in 2017.
Accidents and incidents
- On 25 January 2007, Air France Flight 7775 from Pau to Paris crashed shortly after take-off. All 54 passengers and crew escaped from the Fokker 100 although one person was killed on the ground.[11] An investigation by the BEA revealed that the cause of the accident was ice on the wings of the aircraft involved.[12]
References
- ↑ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "Chère à François Bayrou, la liaison aérienne entre Pau et Paris-Orly remise en service dès ce lundi". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Air France : Deux lignes entre Pau et la Corse cet été". February 2022.
- ↑ Julien, Pierre-Olivier (8 December 2025). "Futures lignes aériennes vers Paris-Orly : l'appel d'offres est clos, la compagnie Amelia sur les rangs pour Pau, Volotea pour Tarbes". LaRepubliqueDesPyrenees (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Le retour des vols vers Ajaccio, Brest et Kerry depuis l'aéroport de Pau avec Chalair". LaRepubliqueDesPyrenees (in French). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Aéroport de Pau : destination la Corse, la Bretagne et l'Irlande cet été". SudOuest.fr. 2 February 2024.
- ↑ Blancmont, Thierry (20 October 2024). "Air France supprime définitivement Strasbourg-Lyon, Transavia maintient Orly-Pau | Air Journal". Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ Bély, Eric (29 June 2023). "Aéroport : le vol Pau-Orly du matin remplacé à l'automne par un Pau-Roissy plus tardif". LaRepubliqueDesPyrenees (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Airbus E-Fan To Be Built In Pau, France". AVweb. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "L'E-fan décollera de Pau". La Tribune (in French). 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "Picture: Truck driver killed as Air France Régional Fokker 100 hits vehicle during overrun in Pau". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ↑ "Icing led to Air France Fokker take-off crash: investigators". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- French Aeronautical Information Publication for LFBP (PDF) – PAU PYRÉNÉES
External links
- Pau Pyrénées Airport (in English)
- Aéroport Pau Pyrénées (in French)
- Aéroport de Pau – Pyrénées (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)