The Airport of the Golfe of Saint Tropez (Aéroport du Golfe de Saint Tropez, ) is an

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located in

La Môle La Mole (; oc, La Mòla) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of Fra ...

, southwest of

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, in the

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department of the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

region in southeastern

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. Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA) announced July 26, 2013 it has acquired 99.9% of shares of AGST (Saint-Tropez Airport), previously owned by the Reybier group for the past 15 years.

Facilities

The airport is at an

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of above

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. It has one paved

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designated 06/24 (QFU 062° / 242°) which measures with illuminated signs and a parallel taxiway. It is equipped with a PAPI. The airport buildings comprise a terminal building with a floor area of 750 m² featuring a bar, a hangar of 1,200 m², a gas station for

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aviation fuel and a weather station. It is suitable for the disabled and has parking for 100 cars. The terminal can handle up to 40,000 passengers per year. It is open to domestic civilian traffic; international service is possible on request 24 hours in advance. The main working hours are from 0700h to 1900 and on request from sunrise to sunset. It is not equipped to operate at night due to the lack of runway lights.

Additional information

Service AFIS available frequency 118.125: November–March: 0800-1100, 1200-1600 UTC and from April to October: 0630-1700 UTC. Other on request.Carte VAC du 25/10/07 en vigueur au 08/05/2008 * Aeronautical District : Côte d'Azur. * BRIA affiliation: Nice * ARFF Level 2 is available (level 3 and 4 on request). In 2006, it handled 7,197 passenger flights, including 5,847 international and 6,898 freight movements. In 2002, passenger flights accounted for 15,049 movements and freight movements 6146 .

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

References

External links

Aéroport International du Golfe de Saint-Tropez
(official site)
Aéroport de La Môle - Saint-Tropez
(Union des Aéroports Français) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:La Mole - Saint-Tropez Airport Airports in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur