Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet or Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes "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. It is the main hub for Air Caraïbes and Air Antilles Express. Air France has also two Airbus A320 based in Pointe-à-Pitre for regional flights. It is the largest of the six airports in the archipelago. In 2015, the airport handled 2,089,763 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.
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Facilities
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). 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 2nd week of January 2006, for 2 days. The same year, the airport celebrated its 40th anniversary.
The former Air Guadeloupe had its head office on the airport.
As of 21 November 2017, Air France will link Guadeloupe to Atlanta twice a week during the winter.
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Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Terminal Arrangements
- Terminal 1 is used by Air Caraïbes flights to Paris, Air France (excepts AF600), Air Transat, Corsair International, XL Airways France, and all charters flights.
- Terminal 2 is used by Air Antilles, Air Canada Rouge, Air Caraïbes regionals flights, Air France AF600, American Airlines, Ava Air, Cubana, LIAT, Norwegian, Servicios Aéreos Profesionales, Winair.
Cargo
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic (enplaned + deplaned), 2000 - 2016
10 Busiest routes from Guadeloupe Pôle Caraîbes Airport in 2016
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