Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport

Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
IATA: LDE ICAO: LFBT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	SNC-Lavalin Aéroport
Location	Tarbes
Elevation AMSL	1,259 ft / 384 m
Coordinates	43°11′06″N 000°00′07″W
Website	tlp.aeroport.fr
Map
LFBT Location of airport in Occitanie region Show map of Occitanie LFBT LFBT (France) Show map of France
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 462,072 Passenger Change 17-18 6.3%

Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées; IATA: LDE, ICAO: LFBT) is an airport 9 km south-southwest of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France.

Operations

Terminal interior

It handles scheduled and charter flights from across Europe, with many passengers being Catholic pilgrims journeying to nearby Lourdes. The airport can handle large aircraft such as the Boeing 747. The airport is also the site of the DAHER-SOCATA light aircraft factory, maker of the SOCATA TBM single-engine turboprop, as well as aircraft storage facilities operated by Tarmac Aerosave [fr].

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from the airport:^[1]

Airlines	Destinations
AlbaStar[2]	Seasonal: Bergamo
Ryanair[1]	Bergamo, Charleroi, Dublin, London–Stansted, Malta, Rome–Ciampino Seasonal: Kraków[3]
Volotea	Paris–Orly[4] Seasonal: Catania,[5] Naples,[6] Palermo,[6] Rome–Fiumicino[7]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at LDE airport. See Wikidata query.

References

1. tlp.aeroport.fr - Map of destinations retrieved 29 May 2022
2. "Albastar annuncia la programmazione estiva in partenza dall'Aeroporto di Milano Bergamo". AlbaStar. 21 March 2022.
3. "11 nowych tras Ryanaira z Polski! Kilka z nich to absolutne hity".
4. "Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées : Volotea choisie pour la ligne Tarbes-Orly".
5. "Volotea Annuncia a Catania Una Nuova Rotta Esclusiva Verso Lourdes". 16 November 2022.
6. "VOLOTEA - Vuelos baratos, ofertas y billetes de avión a Europa". 3 May 2022.
7. "L'Annuncio di Volotea: "Da Fiumicino rotta esclusiva verso Lourdes"". 17 November 2022.

Bibliography

• French Aeronautical Information Publication for LFBT (PDF) – TARBES LOURDES PYRÉNÉES

External links

Media related to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (official site)
• Aéroport de Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)