Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport

Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport (French: Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes) (IATA: PGF, ICAO: LFMP), also known as Llabanère Airport, as well as Aéroport de Perpignan – Sud de France, is a small international airport near Perpignan and Rivesaltes, both communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales Department in the Occitanie region of south France.

Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport Aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes
IATA: PGF ICAO: LFMP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	SPLAR Société Publique Locale Aéroportuaire Régionale
Serves	Perpignan / Rivesaltes, France
Elevation AMSL	144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates	42°44′26″N 002°52′14″E
Website	www.aeroport-perpignan.com
Map
LFMP Location of airport in Occitanie region Show map of Occitanie LFMP LFMP (France) Show map of France
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 2,500 8,202 Asphalt 13/31 1,265 4,150 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 463,235 Passenger traffic change 12.9%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

Facilities

The airport is 144 feet (44 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 15/33 is 2,500 by 45 metres (8,202 ft × 148 ft) and 13/31 is 1,265 by 20 metres (4,150 ft × 66 ft).^[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport:^[3]

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus[4]	Seasonal: Dublin[5]
ASL Airlines France	Seasonal: Oran[6]
Ryanair[7]	Agadir,[8] Charleroi,[8] Marrakesh[8] Seasonal: Birmingham,[8] Leeds/Bradford,[9] London–Stansted[8]
Transavia	Paris–Orly[10]
Volotea	Seasonal: Lille,[citation needed] Nantes[citation needed]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at PGF airport. See Wikidata query.

Incidents and accidents

• On 27 November 2008, Flight 888T, an Airbus A320 (owned by Air New Zealand) operating for XL Airways Germany, crashed whilst on a test flight from Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport. The aircraft stalled and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all seven on board. The aircraft was due to be returned to its original owner.
• On 25 July 2019, after rehearsing for a show, one of the France Air Force (Patrouille de France) planes crashed while landing. The pilot was able to escape. Some damage was caused to the fence on the northern side of the airport.

Presidential airplanes

The airport serves as a maintenance facility for several presidential airplanes, including 5A-ONE, an Airbus A340 that flew Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, as well as Boeing 727s of Benin and Mauritania and an Airbus A340 that flies French President Emmanuel Macron.^[11]