Toulon–Hyères Airport

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The Toulon-Hyères Airport ( Aéroport de Toulon -Hyères ) is the airport of the southern French city of Toulon and is located in the département of Var. It is used by both military and civil. The civilian part of the airport is managed by the Chamber of Commerce Var. The military sector is referred to by the Marine Nationale d' aéronautique as base navale d'Hyeres Le Palyvestre. Following the closure of Naval Air base at Nîmes 2011 Hyeres airport is the only remaining base of the French naval aviation in the south of the country.

History

The use of today's airport by the French Navy begamnn 1925 as Centre d' Aviation Maritime du Palyvestre as a land base for the carrier warplanes of the Béarn. The operation of seaplanes began 1928. The base was closed in November 1942 and heavily damaged during the Allied landing in Provence in the summer of 1944.

After the war, the Marine Nationale built a training center for the crews of first propellergetrienbenen carrier aircraft. Along with the commissioning of the two aircraft carriers of the Clemencau class began in 1961 the Jet flight operations.

The temporarily stationed in Hyères operational squadrons laid over the 60s in Brittany, and the airport was opened for a parallel civil flight operations. Later were here were only helicopter units, the French types, but also ( to 2012) equipped with Sea Lynx.

The first regular civilian flight took place on April 1st place in 1967, the construction of the first passenger terminal began in early 1968, and in the spring of the same year Air Inter opened the connection to Paris. Air Alpes in 1970 took flight operations to Corsica to take further compounds were added in the following years.

The start and runway was extended in 1978 for the operation of large aircraft to 2,120 m. The training operation of the carrier crews ended in 1990, this will take place today in the U.S. and in Landivisiau, and in 1998, the civilian terminal was modernized and expanded.

Technology at the airport

At the airport JET A1 and AVGAS can be refueled. Covering an area of ​​11500m ² maximum of 1.5 million passengers per year.

Lightings: HI / LI on 05 and 23, PAPI on 05 and 23

Military use

The Aéronavale uses the base for the time (2013 ) as follows:

  • Flotilla 31F, a Season multipurpose helicopters aboard NHIndustries NH90 NATO Helicopter Fregate " Caiman " (since 2012)
  • Flotilla 35F, a Season trägergestütze shipborne helicopter Eurocopter SA.365N " Dauphin " and Aérospatiale SA.319 " Alouette III "
  • Flotilla 36F, a squadron of light to airborne multi-purpose helicopter Eurocopter AS.565SA "Panther"
  • " Detachment 28F/EPV ," a division of a squadron with connecting aircraft Embraer EMB 121A " Xingu "

There are also some non-flying associations such as the CEPA/10S.

Civil use

The airport is served by Air France, Ryanair, Jetairfly and Transavia. Direct flight destinations are Paris, Stockholm, Bristol, Ajaccio, London, Brest, Brussels and Rotterdam.

Transport links

There are regular bus services from the airport to the villages and towns in the area. In addition, the civil airport terminal Taxis are available.

External links and sources

  • Airport website
  • Airport information
  • Information about the airport
  • Information about the airport
  • Aerodrome information
  • Flight platinum formations
  • Website of the naval aviation base

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