Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport
Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport Aéroport international de Martinique-Aimé-Césaire | |||||||||||
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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
The airport is at an elevation of 16 ft (5 m) above
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
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Antilles | Pointe-à-Pitre |
Air Caraïbes | Paris–Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre |
Montréal–Trudeau
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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 |
Rome-Fiumicino[7]
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Santo Domingo–Las Américas
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Sunrise Airways | Port-au-Prince |
Wamos Air | Seasonal charter: Milan–Malpensa |
Winair | Dominica–Douglas-Charles,[8] Sint Maarten[9] |
Cargo
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
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Accidents and incidents
- 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
- ^ a b TFFF – FORT DE FRANCE LE LAMENTIN. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 13 June 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
- 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)