Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport
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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[1] 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.[3]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | S.A Aéroport de Montpellier Méditerranée | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Montpellier | ||||||||||||||
Location | Mauguio, France | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°34′35″N 003°57′47″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | montpellier.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||||||
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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.