Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport

Martinique Aimé Césaire
International Airport
Aéroport de Fort-de-France
IATA: FDF – ICAO: TFFF
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aéroports Français
Serves Fort-de-France, Martinique
Location Le Lamentin
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 14°35′32″N 060°59′47″W / 14.59222°N 60.99639°W / 14.59222; -60.99639Coordinates: 14°35′32″N 060°59′47″W / 14.59222°N 60.99639°W / 14.59222; -60.99639
Map
FDF

Location in Martinique

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Sources: French AIP,[1]

Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, French: Aéroport International Martinique Aimé Césaire (IATA: FDF, ICAO: TFFF), is the international airport of Martinique in the French West Indies. Located in Le Lamentin, a suburb of the capital Fort-de-France, it was opened in 1950 and renamed in 2007, after author and politician Aimé Césaire.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 16 ft (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 m × 45 m (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[1] When Air Martinique existed, its headquarters was located on the airport property.[2][3] The runway is of a length that can accommodate large jets, though there is no currently scheduled 747 flights to the facility. That said, on at least two occasions, the Concorde flew from Paris and landed at the airport in Martinique.[4]

Passenger facilities

Police, customs, baggage claim, pharmacy, vaccination bureau, handicap facilities, tobacconist, bank, money changing, souvenir shops, tax-free shopping, gift shop, florist, hairdresser, car rentals, taxi, parking, restaurants, cafés and bars, two hotels (Hôtel La Galléria and Hôtel Valmenière).

Cargo facilities

1x 747 Freighter Dock, Bonded warehouse, Transit Zone, Mechanical Handling, Heated Storage, Refrigerated Storage, Mortuary, Fresh Meat Inspection, Health Officials, Very Large/Heavy Cargo, Express/Courier Centre

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Antilles Express Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint Lucia-Vigie, San Juan, Santo Domingo-Las Américas
Air Canada Montreal-Trudeau
Air Caraïbes Cayenne, Paris-Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port-au-Prince, Saint Martin, Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Saint Lucia-Vigie
Air France Cayenne, Miami, Paris-Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port-au-Prince
Seasonal charter: Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Transat Seasonal: Montreal-Trudeau
American Eagle Miami
Condor Seasonal charter: Frankfurt (ends 2 April 2016)[5]
Corsair International Paris-Orly
Cubana de Aviación Havana
Gol Transportes Aéreos Seasonal charter: São Paulo[6]
LIAT Barbados, Saint Lucia-Vigie
Meridiana Seasonal charter: Milan-Malpensa[7]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Baltimore, Boston, New York-JFK
Seaborne Airlines San Juan
XL Airways France Paris-Charles de Gaulle

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Amerijet International Miami
DHL Aviation Dominica-Canefield, Grenada, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port of Spain, Saint Lucia-Vigie, Saint Vincent, Sint Maarten
FedEx Express San Juan, Saint Lucia-Vigie

References

  1. 1 2 TFFF – FORT DE FRANCE LE LAMENTIN (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 4 Feb 2016.
  2. ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 31 March 1984. .
  3. ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 17–23 March 1999. 43. "Aéroport du Lamentin, Fort de France, 97232, Martinique"
  4. ↑ http://martinique.la1ere.fr/2015/07/08/il-y-20-ans-le-concorde-atterissait-en-martinique-pour-l-inauguration-de-l-aerogare-270082.html
  5. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/17/de-fdf-w15update2/
  6. ↑ http://m.martinique.la1ere.fr/2015/12/11/une-affluence-comme-jamais-l-aeroport-aime-cesaire-du-lamentin-314297.html#xtref=https://www.google.fr/
  7. ↑ http://m.martinique.la1ere.fr/2015/12/11/une-affluence-comme-jamais-l-aeroport-aime-cesaire-du-lamentin-314297.html#xtref=https://www.google.fr/

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