Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport
Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | S.A Aéroport de Montpellier Méditerranée | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Montpellier | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mauguio, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°34′35″N 003°57′47″E / 43.57639°N 3.96306°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | montpellier.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||||||
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 Location of Occitanie region in France |
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Location in Occitanie
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Source: French AIP, Aeroport.fr
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Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport or Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée (IATA: MPL, ICAO: LFMT), also known as Fréjorgues Airport, is an airport in southern France. It is located 7 km (4 nautical miles) east-southeast of Montpellier in Mauguio, in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region in France. The airport opened in 1946, 8 years after the first flight to the area.
The airport carries the 10th largest number of passengers in France (over 1.18 million in 2010). A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university) is also located at the airport.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of 17 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12L/30R is 2,600 by 50 metres (8,530 ft × 164 ft) and 12R/30L is 1,100 by 30 metres (3,609 ft × 98 ft).
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport:
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| Air Algérie | Algiers, Oran
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| Air Arabia | Casablanca, Fès, Nador, Oujda, Tangier
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| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle
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| British Airways | London–Gatwick
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| easyJet | Basel/Mulhouse, London–Gatwick Seasonal: London–Luton |
| Eurowings Discover | Seasonal: Frankfurt
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| KLM | Amsterdam
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| Luxair | Luxembourg
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| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Copenhagen
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| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca
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| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda
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| Transavia | Algiers, Lisbon, Madrid, Marrakesh, Nantes, Oran, Paris–Orly, Rennes, Seville, Tunis Seasonal: Athens, Berlin, Heraklion, Rome–Fiumicino, Rotterdam/The Hague |
| Volotea | Brest, Caen, Lille, Nantes, Strasbourg Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia |
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Ground transport
- Bus route 620 (Airport Shuttle Bus or Navette in French) runs between Place de l’Europe tramway station and the Airport along Avenue Pierre Mendès-France.
- ÉcoPôle and Parc Expo are the closest Montpellier tramway stations, but the stations are not close to the passenger terminal.
Airlife magazine
Montpellier Airport's quarterly magazine, Airlife, began publication in 2016. Published by Lysagora Media, the magazine has articles on travel, design, lifestyle and leisure as well as information about the airport and its flight schedules.
See also
In Spanish: Aeropuerto de Montpellier-Méditerranée para niños
