Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport
International airport on the French Caribbean island territory of Grande-Terre / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet[2] or Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes[4] "Caribbean Hub") (IATA: PTP, ICAO: TFFR) is an international airport serving Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe, France.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | CCI de Pointe à Pitre | ||||||||||
Serves | Pointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe | ||||||||||
Location | Abymes | ||||||||||
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Focus city for | Air France[1] | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 35 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 16°15′51″N 061°31′33″W | ||||||||||
Website | guadeloupe.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||
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The airport is located in Abymes, 2.4 km (1.3 NM) north-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre.[2] It is the main hub for Air Caraïbes and Air Antilles Express. Air France also has two Airbus A320 based in Pointe-à-Pitre for regional flights. It is the largest of the six airports in the archipelago. In 2019, the airport handled 2,488,782 passengers; it is the second busiest airport in the Lesser Antilles after Queen Beatrix International Airport located in Aruba, and before Grantley Adams International Airport located in Barbados.