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Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airfield

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ICAO
LFMR
Elevation
3714 ft
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Location
Saint-Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · PAC · France
Position
44.387°, 6.609° · 3714 ft elev.
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Alpine general aviation airfield serving the Ubaye Valley.

Location
Saint-Pons, France
Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airfield (ICAO: LFMR) is a small general aviation aerodrome located near the town of Barcelonnette in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of southeastern France. Situated at an elevation of approximately 1,132 metres (3,714 feet) above sea level, the airfield serves private pilots, gliders, and light aircraft operating in the southern French Alps. The airfield supports local tourism, leisure flying, and emergency services in the mountainous Ubaye Valley region. Its high-altitude setting and surrounding terrain make it a technically demanding destination, primarily used by experienced pilots familiar with alpine flying conditions. No scheduled commercial airline services operate from this airfield. It functions as a base for aero clubs and private aviation, playing a modest but important role in regional connectivity for an otherwise isolated mountain community.
Getting to & from
The airfield is accessible by road from Barcelonnette, approximately 5 kilometres away, with no dedicated public transport links.
Airlines here
No commercial airlines operate at this airfield; it serves exclusively general aviation and aero club traffic.
Notable facts
  • ›Elevation of approximately 1,132 metres (3,714 feet) makes it one of the higher-altitude airfields in France.
  • ›Located in the Ubaye Valley of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department.
  • ›Primarily used by general aviation, gliders, and local aero clubs.
  • ›Alpine terrain surrounding the airfield requires pilots to have mountain flying experience.
  • ›Assigned IATA code BAE, though no scheduled commercial services operate.
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Barcelonnette–Saint-Pons Airfield
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Barcelonnette–Saint-Pons Airport is an airport located at Saint-Pons, 3 km west of Barcelonnette, both communes in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.

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Barcelonnette–Saint-Pons Airfield

Airport in Saint-Pons

Barcelonnette–Saint-Pons Airport is an airport located at Saint-Pons, 3 km west of Barcelonnette, both communes in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.

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