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Pau Pyrénées Airport Aéroport Pau Pyrénées
IATA: PUF ICAO: LFBP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Pau Chamber of Commerce
Location	Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Elevation AMSL	188 m / 616 ft
Coordinates	43°22′48″N 000°25′07″W / 43.38000°N 0.41861°W / 43.38000; -0.41861
Map
LFBPLocation of airport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine regionShow map of Nouvelle-AquitaineLFBPLFBP (France)Show map of France
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 612,580 Passenger traffic change 2.1%
Sources: Aeroport.fr

Pau Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport Pau Pyrénées) (IATA: PUF, ICAO: LFBP) is an airport serving Pau, France. It is located 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Pau in Uzein, a commune of the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (named for the Pyrénées mountains and the Atlantic Ocean).

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Pau Pyrénées Airport:

Statistics

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Military usage

Apart from the civilian terminal, there are military installations on the south side of the airfield. These host the 4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment, the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment and the French Army's paratrooper's training.

Aircraft production

In 2015 Airbus announced that its E-Fan electric aircraft was to be produced at Pau Pyrénées Airport, at a new facility to be constructed in 2016. The location was chosen to be near the DAHER-SOCATA plant at Tarbes. First deliveries of the E-Fan were expected at the end of 2017 or early 2018.

Accidents and incidents

• On 25 January 2007, Air France Flight 7775 from Pau to Paris crashed shortly after take-off. All 54 passengers and crew escaped from the Fokker 100 although one person was killed on the ground. An investigation by the BEA revealed that the cause of the accident was ice on the wings of the aircraft involved.

References

1. "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
2. "Air France NW22 Paris CDG Europe Frequency Variations – 23OCT22". Aeroroutes.
3. ^ "Air France : Deux lignes entre Pau et la Corse cet été". February 2022.
4. "Chalair". www.chalair.fr.
5. "Aéroport de Pau : destination la Corse, la Bretagne et l'Irlande cet été". SudOuest.fr. 2 February 2024.
6. "Air France remplacée par sa filiale Transavia sur Orly-Pau et Orly-Perpignan". 11 January 2022.
7. "TwinJet Adds Lyon - Pau Service from Sep 2023". AeroRoutes. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
8. "Airbus E-Fan To Be Built In Pau, France". AVweb. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
9. "L'E-fan décollera de Pau". La Tribune (in French). 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
10. "Picture: Truck driver killed as Air France Régional Fokker 100 hits vehicle during overrun in Pau". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
11. "Icing led to Air France Fokker take-off crash: investigators". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 January 2009.

• French Aeronautical Information Publication for LFBP (PDF) – PAU PYRÉNÉES

External links

• Pau Pyrénées Airport (in English)
• Aéroport Pau Pyrénées (in French)
• Aéroport de Pau – Pyrénées (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)

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