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Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport

Coordinates: 16°15′51″N 061°31′33″W / 16.26417°N 61.52583°W / 16.26417; -61.52583
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Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport

Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet

Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCCI de Pointe à Pitre
ServesPointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe
LocationAbymes
Hub for
Focus city forAir France[1]
Elevation AMSL35 ft / 11 m
Coordinates16°15′51″N 061°31′33″W / 16.26417°N 61.52583°W / 16.26417; -61.52583
Websiteguadeloupe.aeroport.fr
Map
PTP is located in Guadeloupe
PTP
PTP
Location in Guadeloupe
PTP is located in Caribbean
PTP
PTP
PTP (Caribbean)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,129 10,266 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers2,151,369
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 3.6%
Aircraft movements28,784
Aircraft movements changeDecrease 18.6%
Sources: AIP,[2] UAF,[3] Airport,[4]

Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet[2] or Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes[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

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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

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AirlinesDestinations
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, St. Maarten[7]
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
American Airlines Miami
Caribbean Airlines Barbados (begins 8 December 2024),[8] Castries (begins 7 December 2024),[8] Dominica–Douglas-Charles (begins 7 December 2024),[9] Port of Spain (begins 7 December 2024)[8]
Corsair International Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Bordeaux
Neos Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
Sky High Santo Domingo–Las Américas
St Barth Commuter Saint Barthélemy
St Barth Executive Saint Barthélemy
Sunrise Airways Antigua (begins December 1, 2024),[10] Dominica–Douglas-Charles (begins December 1, 2024),[10] Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo–Las Américas

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at PTP airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual passenger traffic (enplaned + deplaned), 2000 - 2023[11]

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

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  1. ^ "Air France, un acteur régional majeur dans la Caraïbe, Septembre 2013" (PDF). Corporate.airfrance.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d TFFR – Pointe a Pitre Le Raizet. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 3 October 2024.
  3. ^ (in French) Aéroport de Pointe-à-Pitre – Le Raizet Archived 9 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Union des Aéroports Français
  4. ^ a b (in French) Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes, official site
  5. ^ "Guadeloupe Airport Terminals".
  6. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March 1988. 41. "Head Office: Aéroport du Raizet, 97110 Abymes, Guadeloupe, French West Indies"
  7. ^ "Air France Revises Pointe-a-Pitre – St. Maarten Service From June 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Caribbean Airlines Dec 2024 Regional Network Addition". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Caribbean Airlines to fly to Martinique and Guadeloupe from December". Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Sunrise Airways NW24 Caribbean Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  11. ^ "GUADELOUPE AIRPORT - CARIBBEAN POLE". www.aeroport.fr. Union des Aéroports Français. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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