Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport

Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet^[1] or Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes^[3] "Caribbean Hub") (IATA: PTP, ICAO: TFFR) is an airport serving Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe. The airport is located in Abymes, 2.4 km (1.3 NM) north-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre.^[1] It is the main hub for Air Caraïbes and Air Antilles Express. It is the largest of the six airports in the archipelago. In 2008, the airport handled between 2 and 2.5 million passengers, it is the second busiest airport in the Lesser Antilles after Grantley Adams International Airport.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 35 ft (11 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 12/30 which measures 3,125 × 45 m (10,253 × 148 ft).^[1]

Runway 12/30 is long enough allowing aircraft as large as the A380 to take off and land without difficulty. The airport was also one of the first to handle the first A380 prototype in the 2nd week of January 2006, for 2 days. The same year, the airport celebrated its 40th anniversary.

At one time, Air Guadeloupe had its head office on the airport property.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Charter

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} TFFR – Pointe a Pitre Le Raizet (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 9 Feb 2012.
2. ^ (French) Aéroport de Pointe-à-Pitre - Le Raizet at Union des Aéroports Français
3. ^ ^{a b} (French) Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes, official site
4. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March 1988. 41. "Head Office: Aéroport du Raizet, 97110 Abymes, Guadeloupe, French West Indies"
5. ^ http://www.aircaraibes-usa.com/detail/rubrique/1549523140625830601/article/1570998850456388116/Network/Medium-Haul.html

External links

• Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Pointe à Pitre (French)
• Current weather for TFFR at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for PTP at Aviation Safety Network