Castres – Mazamet Airport (french: Aéroport de Castres - Mazamet) is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

serving Castres and

Mazamet Mazamet (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Masamet'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. It is the second-largest component of the Castres-Mazamet metropolit ...

and the east of

Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées (; oc, Miègjorn-Pirenèus or ; es, Mediodía-Pirineos) is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Occitania. It was the largest region of Metropolitan France by are ...

. The airport is located southeast of Castres and northwest of

, near the commune of

Labruguière Labruguière (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''La Bruguièira'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. The Thoré is a river that is part of the commune's east ...

, in the Tarn

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Facilities

The airport resides at an

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of above

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. It has one paved

runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...

designated 14/32 which measures . The airport is VFR and

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compliant.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Castres–Mazamet Airport:

Statistics

References

External links

* Airports in Occitania (administrative region) Buildings and structures in Tarn (department) Airports established in 1990 1990 establishments in France {{France-airport-stub