Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport

Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport or Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée (IATA: MPL, ICAO: LFMT), also known as Fréjorgues Airport, is an airport in southern France. It is located 7 km (4 nautical miles) east-southeast of Montpellier[1] in Mauguio, in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region in France. The airport opened in 1946, 8 years after the first flight to the area.[3]

Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport

Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorS.A Aéroport de Montpellier Méditerranée
ServesMontpellier
LocationMauguio, France
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates43°34′35″N 003°57′47″E
Websitemontpellier.aeroport.fr
Maps

Location of Occitanie region in France
LFMT
Location of airport in Occitanie region
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12L/30R 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
12R/30L 1,100 3,609 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers1,935,631
Passenger traffic change 2.96%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

The airport carries the 10th largest number of passengers in France (over 1.18 million in 2010). A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university) is also located at the airport.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 17 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13L/31R is 2,600 by 50 metres (8,530 ft × 164 ft) and 13R/31L is 1,100 by 30 metres (3,609 ft × 98 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Algérie Algiers
Seasonal: Oran
Air Arabia Maroc Casablanca, Fes, Marrakesh, Nador, Tangier
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Ibiza
Chalair Aviation Bordeaux
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, London–Gatwick
Seasonal: London–Luton, Paris–Orly
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf
KLM Amsterdam
Luxair Luxembourg
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen
Transavia Agadir,[4] Algiers,[4] Brest,[5] Constantine,[6] Faro, Lisbon, Marrakesh, Nantes, Oran,[6] Oujda,[4] Paris–Orly,[7] Seville
Seasonal: Athens, Berlin,[8] Brussels, Calvi,[8] Djerba,[9] Heraklion, Ibiza,[10] Lille,[8] Madrid, Mykonos (begins 1 June 2022),[11] Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Rennes,[8] Rome–Fiumicino,[4] Rotterdam/The Hague, Santorini,[12] Stockholm–Arlanda,[8] Tangier,[10] Tunis[9]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Casablanca
Volotea Brest, Lille, Nantes, Strasbourg
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Caen,[13] Figari[14]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at MPL airport. See source Wikidata query.

Ground transport
  • Bus route 120 (the "Airport Shuttle") runs between Place de l’Europe tramway station and the Airport along Avenue Pierre Mendès-France.[15]
  • ÉcoPôle and Parc Expo are the closest Montpellier tramway stations, but the stations are not close to the passenger terminal.

Airlife magazine

Montpellier Airport's quarterly magazine, Airlife, began publication in 2016. Published by Lysagora Media, the magazine has articles on travel, design, lifestyle and leisure as well as information about the airport and its flight schedules.[16][17]

References
  1. LFMT – MONTPELLIER MÉDITERRANÉE. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 2 December 2021.
  2. "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. "Vous êtes perdu ?".
  4. Liu, Jim. "Transavia France launches Montpellier base in April 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  5. "La compagnie aérienne Transavia va ouvrir 4 nouvelles lignes au départ de Brest". 2 February 2021.
  6. Liu, Jim. "Air France / Transavia France S20 Algeria network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. https://www.lagazettedemontpellier.fr/live/61093f8d645f7e5f094a770e/aeroport-de-montpellier-transavia-ouvre-une-ligne-vers-paris-orly-en-novembre
  8. https://www.transavia.com/en-EU/book-a-flight/flights/search/
  9. Liu, Jim. "Transavia France adds Montpellier – Tunisia routes in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  10. Liu, Jim. "Transavia France S20 network expansion as of 17JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  11. https://www.tourmag.com/Grece-France-Transavia-muscle-son-programme_a111635.html
  12. https://www.air-journal.fr/2021-04-01-montpellier-sera-reliee-a-santorin-par-transavia-5226965.html
  13. https://centreforaviation.com/news/volotea-to-launch-two-new-routes-from-caen-in-summer-2021-1050140
  14. Liu, Jim. "Volotea outlines post-COVID 19 network expansion in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  15. Aéroport Montpellier Méditerranée, http://www.montpellier.aeroport.fr/en/acces-a-l-aeroport/en-transports-publics
  16. Montpellier Airport. "Airlife Magazine. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  17. OCLC 971614134

Media related to Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.