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Bastia – Poretta Airport

Bastia – Poretta Airport
Aéroport de Bastia Poretta
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Summary
Airport type Public
Operator CCI of Bastia and Upper Corsica
Serves Bastia, Corsica, France
Location Lucciana
Elevation AMSL 26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates 42°33′00″N 009°29′05″E / 42.55000°N 9.48472°E / 42.55000; 9.48472Coordinates: 42°33′00″N 009°29′05″E / 42.55000°N 9.48472°E / 42.55000; 9.48472
Website bastia.aeroport.fr
Maps
Corsica region of France
Corsica region of France
LFKB is located in Corsica
LFKB
LFKB
Location of the airport in Corsica
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,520 8,268 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 1,162,840
Passenger Change 13-14 Increase3.3%
Source: French AIP
Passengers 1,162,840
Passenger Change 13-14 Increase3.3%

Bastia – Poretta Airport (French: Aéroport de Bastia Poretta, IATA: BIAICAO: 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, both of which are communes of the Upper Corsica department.

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:


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