Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons airfield

  • Sport
  • Air sports
  • Airfield/heliport
Les Graves du Riou Bourdou, 04400 Saint-Pons
The Saint-Pons aerodrome offers tourist and business connections. Located at 1132 m in the heart of the Ubaye valley.
It is 15 kilometres from Jausiers and 2 kilometres from Barcelonnette.

The second highest airfield in France, it benefits from an exceptional environment enjoyed by thousands of users every year? A unique location between Provence, the Alps and Italy.
It is a category D airfield (dedicated to sport and tourism), located 40 minutes' flight from Aix en Provence, 25 minutes from Cannes and 25 minutes from Cuneo.
The main advantages of the airfield :
- Class G airspace: not very restrictive
- An aerodrome open to Public Air Traffic without restrictions
- A mountain aerodrome accessible without specific qualifications
- Exceptional flying conditions
- 63 peaks over 3000 m high

The airfield has a runway oriented 09/27 (QFU 092/272) 800 m long and 30 m wide. It is open to national commercial traffic, private aircraft and daytime visual flight rules.

IATA Code: BAE
ICAO Code: LFMR

It is equipped for 100LL and Jet A1 refuelling.

Traffic is carried out on the self-information frequency: 123.500 Mhz.

Lat = 44° 23‘ 14’ N / Long = 6° 36‘ 33’ E
Altitude = 3714 ft (1132m) [133hPa].
Runway: 800 m x 30 m. [09-27]

The Ubaye Gliding Centre is open from March to the end of October. It offers first flights in gliders and planes, courses and training.

Services

Services

Car park

Openings

Openings

All year 2025 - Open everyday

Location

Location

Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons airfield
Les Graves du Riou Bourdou, 04400 Saint-Pons
  • www.aerodromebarcelonnette.fr

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French

Nearby

Nearby

Updated on 02 September 2025 at 14:58
by Ubaye Tourisme
(Offer identifier : 4829616)
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