Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport
| Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport Aéroport de Fort-de-France |
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| IATA: FDF – ICAO: TFFF | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aéroports Français | ||||||||||
| Serves | Fort-de-France, Martinique | ||||||||||
| Location | Le Lamentin | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
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Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, French: Aéroport International Martinique Aimé Césaire (IATA: FDF, ICAO: TFFF), is the international airport of Martinique in the French West Indies. Located in Le Lamentin, a suburb of the capital Fort-de-France, it was opened in 1950 and renamed in 2007, after author and politician Aimé Césaire.
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Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 16 ft (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 m × 45 m (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[1] When Air Martinique existed, its headquarters was located on the airport property.[2][3] The runway is of a length that can accommodate large jets, though there is no currently scheduled 747 flights to the facility. That said, on at least two occasions, the Concorde flew from Paris and landed at the airport in Martinique.[4]
- Passenger facilities
Police, customs, baggage claim, pharmacy, vaccination bureau, handicap facilities, tobacconist, bank, money changing, souvenir shops, tax-free shopping, gift shop, florist, hairdresser, car rentals, taxi, parking, restaurants, cafés and bars, two hotels (Hôtel La Galléria and Hôtel Valmenière).
- Cargo facilities
1x 747 Freighter Dock, Bonded warehouse, Transit Zone, Mechanical Handling, Heated Storage, Refrigerated Storage, Mortuary, Fresh Meat Inspection, Health Officials, Very Large/Heavy Cargo, Express/Courier Centre
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Antilles Express | Barbados, Dominica–Douglas-Charles, Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint Lucia-Vigie, San Juan, Santo Domingo-Las Américas |
| Air Canada | Montreal-Trudeau |
| Air Caraïbes | Paris-Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre, Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Saint Martin, Saint Lucia-Vigie |
| Air France | Cayenne, Miami, Paris-Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port-au-Prince Seasonal charter: Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Transat | Seasonal: Montreal-Trudeau |
| American Eagle | Miami |
| Condor | Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 6 November 2016)[5] |
| Corsair International | Paris-Orly |
| Cubana de Aviación | Havana |
| Fly All Ways | Antigua, Cayenne, Saint Lucia-Vigie[6] |
| Gol Transportes Aéreos | Seasonal charter: São Paulo |
| LIAT | Barbados, Saint Lucia-Vigie |
| Meridiana | Seasonal charter: Milan-Malpensa |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Baltimore, Boston, New York-JFK |
| Seaborne Airlines | San Juan |
| XL Airways France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
Cargo
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 TFFF – FORT DE FRANCE LE LAMENTIN (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 18 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 31 March 1984. [1].
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 17–23 March 1999. 43. "Aéroport du Lamentin, Fort de France, 97232, Martinique"
- ↑ http://martinique.la1ere.fr/2015/07/08/il-y-20-ans-le-concorde-atterissait-en-martinique-pour-l-inauguration-de-l-aerogare-270082.html
- ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/253423/condor-expands-in-the-americas-with-new-frankfurt-and-munich-winter-links/
- ↑ http://www.flyallways.com/index.php/destinations2
External links
- Official website (French)
- Aéroport de Fort-de-France Le Lamentin, official page (French)
- Aéroport de Fort-de-France – Le Lamentin at L'Union des Aéroports Français (French)
- Le Lamentin Airport at azworldairports.com
- All the news from the airport Martinique TFFF -(French)
