Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport
nativename = Aéroport Béziers Cap d'Agde


IATA = BZR
ICAO = LFMU
type = Public
owner =
operator = CCI Bézier Saint-Pons
city-served = Béziers, France
location = Vias, France
elevation-f = 56
elevation-m = 17
coordinates = coord|43|19|25|N|003|21|14|E|type:airport|display=inline
website = [http://www.beziers.aeroport.fr/ www.beziers.aeroport.fr]
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 10/28
r1-length-f = 6,562
r1-length-m = 2,000
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: French AIPAIP_FR|LFMU|name=BEZIERS VIAS]

Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport, in Languedoc [ [http://www.beziers.aeroport.fr/3-13026-Accueil.php English version of Bézier Airport website] . Retrieved 2007-09-06.] or "Aéroport Béziers Cap d'Agde en Languedoc" [ [http://www.beziers.aeroport.fr/2-13026-Accueil.php French version of Bézier Airport website] . Retrieved 2007-09-06.] airport_codes|BZR|LFMU, previously known as Béziers-Agde-Vias Airport, is the main airport serving the town of Béziers and the nearby Languedoc coastal resorts such as Cap d'Agde. It is located 11.5 km (6.2 nm) east-southeast of Béziers, in the Hérault departement. It handles commercial national flights as well as private, non-regular air traffic. The runway is equipped with ILS.

The airport is situated centrally in the main tourist areas of Languedoc, but because of its comparatively short runway (1820m X 30m), was unable to benefit from the growth of low-cost flights that had fuelled expansion at other airports in the region (Carcassonne, Perpignan, Montpellier and Nîmes). For some years there were plans to extend the runway and this work was finally carried out between November 2006 and February 2007. The result is a runway 2000m long and 45m wide, capable of handling the B737-sized jets favoured by low cost carriers.

Airlines and destinations

*Airlinair (Bastia, Paris-Orly)
*Ryanair (Bristol, London-Luton [begins 27 October] , London-Stansted)

References

* CCI Béziers: "Direct", newsletter No. 7, Oct 2006, ISSN 1777-053X
* La Ville de Béziers: "Le journal de Béziers", No. 170, p9, November 2006 ISSN 1252

External links

*Official site, available in [http://www.beziers.aeroport.fr/2-13026-Accueil.php French] and [http://www.beziers.aeroport.fr/3-13026-Accueil.php English]
* [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/beziers-vias.php "Aéroport de Béziers - Vias"] ("Union des Aéroports Français") fr icon
*WikiMapia|43.3235|3.3539|13
*WAD|LFMU
*ASN|BZR