LFMT
Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport
VFR
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Name
Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
LFMT / MPL / LFMT
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
2:00 pm (CET)
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Municipality
Montpellier/Méditerranée
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Coordinates
43° 34′ 34″ N 3° 57′ 46″ E
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Elevation
17 ft (5 m MSL)
About Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport
Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport or Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée (IATA: MPL, ICAO: LFMT), also known as Fréjorgues Airport, is an airport in southern France. It is located 7 km (4 nautical miles) east-southeast of Montpellier in Mauguio, in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region in France. The airport opened in 1946, 8 years after the first flight to the area.
The airport carries the 10th largest number of passengers in France (over 1.18 million in 2010). A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university) is also located at the airport.