Bastia–Poretta Airport[a] (IATA: BIA, ICAO: LFKB) is an airport serving Bastia on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. It is located 17 km (11 mi) south-southeast of Bastia at Lucciana,[1] both of which are communes of the Upper Corsica department.
Bastia–Poretta Airport Aéroport de Bastia Poretta Aeroportu di Bastia Poreta | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | CCI of Bastia and Upper Corsica | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bastia | ||||||||||
| Location | Lucciana, Corsica, France | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°33′00″N 009°29′05″E / 42.55000°N 9.48472°E | ||||||||||
| Website | bastia.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||
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  LFKB Location of the airport in Corsica  LFKB LFKB (France) | |||||||||||
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History
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In 1944, during World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force. On 31 July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the legendary French pilot, took off from this airport and disappeared, on a reconnaissance flight over France in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
USAAF combat units assigned:[clarification needed]
- 414th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 5 February–July 1944; 5 September – 13 October 1944, Bristol Beaufighter
- 527th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, (Twelfth Air Force), 12 July-23 September 1944, P-47 Thunderbolt
- 416th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 14–23 August 1944, P-61 Black Widow
- 417th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), February–April 1944; 25 April – 7 September 1944, Bristol Beaufighter[3]
- 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, (3d Reconnaissance Group), 11 July – 24 September 1944, P-38/F-5 Lightning
- 23rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, (3d Reconnaissance Group), 11 July – 24 September 1944, P-38/F-5 Lightning
- 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, (XII Tactical Air Command), 21 July – 27 August 1944, P-51/F-6 Mustang
- 42nd Bombardment Wing was headquartered at the airfield, 21 September – 24 November 1944.
- 47th Bomb Group (Light) http://www.47thbombgroup.org/ 12 July - 5 September 1944, Douglas A-20, Douglas A-20 Havoc - Wikipedia and A-26 Douglas A-26 Invader - Wikipedia
Airlines and destinations
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Bastia – Poretta airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Corsica | Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Charleroi, Dole, Toulon |
| Air France | Paris–Orly |
| easyJet | Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Bordeaux, Geneva, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn (resumes 12 April 2025),[4] Düsseldorf, Nuremberg,[5][6][7] Stuttgart |
| Lufthansa | Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Biarritz (begins 12 July 2025),[8] Brest, Gothenburg, Lyon (begins 19 April 2025),[9] Rotterdam/The Hague |
| Volotea | Seasonal: Bordeaux, Brest, Caen, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Strasbourg, Toulouse |
Statistics
editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Annual passenger traffic at BIA airport.
See Wikidata query.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b LFKB – BASTIA PORETTA. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2022" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
- ^ "Eurowings NS25 Network Additions – 01DEC24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Vier zusätzliche Reiseziele ab dem Flughafen Nürnberg: Eurowings baut Angebot aus". 22 January 2024.
- ^ ""Überraschung im Flugplan": Diese beliebte Hauptstadt wird endlich wieder ab Nürnberg angeflogen". 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Mallorca, Nizza und viele mehr: Neue Reiseziele vom Airport Nürnberg".
- ^ "Transavia France NS25 Network Additions – 22OCT24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "TRANSAVIA FRANCE NS25 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 02OCT24". aeroroutes.com. 3 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to Bastia Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Bastia Airport (official site) (in English)
- Aéroport de Bastia-Poretta at Union des Aéroports Français (in French)
- Current weather for LFKB at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BIA at Aviation Safety Network
