Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport
International airport on the French Caribbean island territory of Grande-Terre
Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet [ 2] or Aéroport Guadeloupe Maryse Condé [ 4] "Caribbean Hub") (IATA : PTP , ICAO : TFFR ) is an international airport serving Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe , France.
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 .
Facilities
Aerial view
The airport is at an elevation of 35 ft (11 m) above mean sea level . It has one paved runway designated 12/30 which measures 3,125 m × 45 m (10,253 ft × 148 ft).[ 2] Runway 12/30 is long enough to allow 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 second week of January 2006, for two days. The same year, the airport celebrated its 40th anniversary. The airport has two interconnected terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Terminal 1 serves both international and regional flights. Terminal 2 only serves regional flights. [ 5]
The former Air Guadeloupe had its head office at the airport.[ 6]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Air Antilles Fort-de-France , Saint Barthélemy , St. Martin
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau
Air Caraïbes Fort-de-France , Paris–Orly , St. Martin
Air France Cayenne , Fort-de-France , Miami , Paris–Charles de Gaulle , Paris–Orly , Port-au-Prince Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau ,[ 7] St. Maarten [ 8]
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau [ 9] [better source needed ]
American Airlines Miami
Caribbean Airlines Barbados ,[ 10] Castries ,[ 10] Dominica–Douglas-Charles ,[ 11] Port of Spain [ 10]
Corsair International Paris–Orly Seasonal: Bordeaux [citation needed ]
Neos Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa [ 12] Rome-Fiumicino [citation needed ]
Sky High Santo Domingo–Las Américas
St Barth Commuter Saint Barthélemy
St Barth Executive Saint Barthélemy
Sunrise Airways Antigua ,[ 13] Dominica–Douglas-Charles ,[ 13] Port-au-Prince , Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic (enplaned + deplaned), 2000 - 2023 [ 14]
Year
Passengers
Year
Passengers
Year
Passengers
2000
2 117 232
2010
1 948 813
2020
1,269,864
2001
1 896 044
2011
2 050 471
2021
1,279,263
2002
1 805 420
2012
1 994 575
2022
2,077,233
2003
1 761 455
2013
2 033 763
2023
2,151,369
2004
1 866 739
2014
2 029 080
2024
2005
1 836 490
2015
2 089 763
2025
2006
1 861 362
2016
2 253 284
2026
2007
1 960 912
2017
2 361 173
2027
2008
2 020 042
2018
2 446 234
2028
2009
1 839 786
2019
2 488 782
2029
10 busiest routes from Guadeloupe Pôle Caraîbes Airport in 2020
Rank
City
Passengers
Top carriers
1
Paris Orly, France
1 224 015
Air France, Air Caraïbes, Corsair
2
Fort de France, France (Martinique)
427 920
Air France, Air Caraïbes, Air Antilles Express
3
Saint Martin Grand Case, France
166 072
Air Caraïbes, Air Antilles Express
4
Paris CDG, France
86 166
XL Airways
5
Cayenne, France (French Guiana)
47 811
Air France
6
Montréal, Canada
37 249
Air Canada, Air Transat (seasonal)
7
Port-au-Prince, Haîti
35 303
Air France
8
Saint Barthelemy, France
34 814
Air Antilles Express
9
Miami, USA
31 201
Air France, American Airlines
References
External links
International
Domestic Overseas Unscheduled
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