Carcassonne Airport Aéroport de Carcassonne | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Transdev | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Carcassonne, France | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 434 ft / 132 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°12′57″N002°18′31″E / 43.21583°N 2.30861°E /43.21583; 2.30861 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Carcassonne Airport | ||||||||||||||
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| Sources: FrenchAIP,[1]UAF,[2]DAFIF[3][4] | |||||||||||||||
Carcassonne Airport (French:Aéroport de Carcassonne,IATA:CCF,ICAO:LFMK) servesCarcassonne and southernLanguedoc and is in theAudedepartment of theOccitanieregion in France. It is 3 km (2nautical miles) west of the city and is also known asSalvaza Airport,[3]Carcassonne Salvaza Airport[1] orCarcassonne Airport in Pays Cathare (Aéroport de Carcassonne en Pays Cathare).[2] The airport handles commercial national and international flights as well asprivate, non-regular air traffic.
In 1993, according to theOfficial Airline Guide (OAG) Carcassonne was served byAigle Azur airlines with nonstop service to ParisOrly Airport operated withSaab 340 regional turboprop airliners.[5] During the late 1990s, the airport was being served with budget flights to and from European airports, and by 2006 had regular flight connections withDublin,London Stansted,Liverpool,East Midlands andCharleroi.[6] In 2011, the airport served 368,000 passengers.[citation needed]
Atlas Atlantique Airlines operated from the airport briefly toOran in Algeria from 2016 to 2017; however, the airline ceased operations in late November 2017.[citation needed]Ryanair is the only airline currently operating scheduled passenger service into the airport.[citation needed]
The airport sits at an elevation of 434 feet (132 m) abovemean sea level. It has one pavedrunway designated, which measures 2,050 by 45 metres (6,726 ft × 148 ft). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a grass surface measuring 800 by 30 metres (2,625 ft × 98 ft).[1] It can cater to aircraft operating underVFR. Inside the terminal building there are two departure gates. A small shop is land-side in the terminal.[citation needed]
A campus of theÉcole nationale de l'aviation civile is also at the airport.[citation needed]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Carcassonne Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ryanair | Charleroi,[7]London–Stansted,[7]Manchester[7] Seasonal:Bournemouth,[8]Cagliari,[7]Cork,[citation needed]Dublin,[9]East Midlands,[7]Porto,[7]Tangier[10] |
There is a shuttle bus service from the airport to the centre ofCarcassonne andCarcassonne Station, which runs to coincide with the arrivals of flights.
Media related toCarcassonne - Salvaza airport at Wikimedia Commons
