Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport Aéroport international de Martinique-Aimé-Césaire | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Aéroports Français | ||||||||||
Serves | Fort-de-France, Martinique | ||||||||||
Location | Le Lamentin | ||||||||||
Opened | 1950 | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 14°35′32″N 060°59′47″W / 14.59222°N 60.99639°W | ||||||||||
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Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Martinique-Aimé-Césaire, pronounced [maʁtinik ɛme sezɛːʁ]) (IATA: FDF, ICAO: TFFF) is an 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.
Facilities
[edit]The airport is 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 were located on the airport property.[3][4] The runway is of a length that can accommodate large jets, including 747s from France. On at least two occasions, the Concorde flew from Paris and landed at the airport in Martinique.[5]
Passenger facilities include 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, and two hotels (Hôtel La Galléria and Hôtel Valmenière).
Cargo facilities include a 747 freighter dock, bonded warehouse, transit zone, mechanical handling, heated storage, refrigerated storage, mortuary, fresh meat inspection, health officials, very large/heavy cargo, and an express/courier centre.
Airlines and destinations
[edit]Passenger
[edit]Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Antilles | Pointe-à-Pitre |
Air Canada | Montréal–Trudeau Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson[6] |
Air Caraïbes | Paris–Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre |
Air France | Cayenne, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre |
Air Transat | Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau |
American Airlines | Miami |
Condor | Seasonal charter: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt |
Corsair International | Paris–Orly Seasonal: Nantes |
Discover Airlines | Seasonal charter: Frankfurt |
Gol Transportes Aéreos | Seasonal charter: São Paulo–Guarulhos |
ITA Airways | Seasonal charter: Rome-Fiumicino[7] |
Sky High | Havana, Santo Domingo–Las Américas |
Sunrise Airways | Port-au-Prince |
Wamos Air | Seasonal charter: Milan–Malpensa |
Winair | Dominica–Douglas-Charles,[8] Sint Maarten[9] |
Cargo
[edit]Airlines | Destinations |
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DHL Aviation | Castries, Grenada, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port of Spain, Saint Vincent-Argyle, Sint Maarten |
FedEx Express | Castries, San Juan |
Statistics
[edit]Accidents and incidents
[edit]- 30 August 1979: an IRMA/Britten Norman BN-2A-8 Islander (F-OGGL) of Air Martinique was damaged beyond repair while standing, likely from Hurricane David.[10]
- 17 July 1994: an IRMA/Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander (8P-TAD) of Air Martinique leased from Trans Island Air crashed into Les Pitons du Cabbets at 21:45, 13 km (8.1 miles) NNW of Fort-de-France while on approach from Bridgetown, killing all 6 occupants. The plane crashed just 15 feet below the hills' 2795 foot summit. The cause was found to be pilot failure.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b TFFF – FORT DE FRANCE LE LAMENTIN. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "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"
- ^ Nodin, Joseph (8 July 2015). "Il y a 20 ans le Concorde atterrissait en Martinique pour l'inauguration de l'aérogare". Martinique 1ère. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Air Canada to Launch First-Ever Flights between Toronto and Martinique". Travelpulse Canada. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "ITA Airways inizia i voli charter sulla Martinica". 3 December 2022.
- ^ https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/winair-takes-flight-to-martinique-expanding-regional-connectivity/
- ^ "Winair Adds Fort-de-France – Dominica Sector From April 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander F-OGGL Fort de France-Lamentin Airport (FDF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident IRMA/Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander 8P-TAD Fort de France-Lamentin Airport (FDF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in French)
- Aéroport de Fort-de-France Le Lamentin, official page (in French)
- Aéroport de Fort-de-France – Le Lamentin at L'Union des Aéroports Français (in French)
- Le Lamentin Airport at azworldairports.com
- All the news from the airport Martinique TFFF -(French)