Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport

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
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
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Location in Guadeloupe
PTP is located in Caribbean
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PTP (Caribbean)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,129 10,266 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers2,488,782
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 2.7%
Aircraft movements28,786
Aircraft movements changeDecrease 7.4%
Sources: AIP, UAF, Airport,

Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet or Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes "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. 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

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). 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.

The former Air Guadeloupe had its head office at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Antilles Barbados, Dominica–Douglas-Charles, Fort-de-France, Saint Barthélemy, St. Maarten, St. Martin, San Juan, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau
Air Caraïbes Fort-de-France, Paris–Orly, St. Martin, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Air France Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Miami, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Port-au-Prince
Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, St. Maarten
Seasonal charter: Havana
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
American Eagle Miami
Corsair International Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Bordeaux, Lyon
JetBlue Seasonal: New York–JFK
Sky High Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Sunrise Airways Port-au-Prince
Winair Dominica–Douglas-Charles

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at PTP airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual passenger traffic (enplaned + deplaned), 2000 - 2020

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
2002 1 805 420 2012 1 994 575 2022
2003 1 761 455 2013 2 033 763 2023
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 New York JFK, USA 32 861 JetBlue
10 Miami, USA 31 201 Air France, American Airlines

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