# Niort - Marais Poitevin Airport (NIT / LFBN)

**Niort - Marais Poitevin Airport** (IATA: NIT, ICAO: LFBN) is a medium airport in Niort/Souché, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It opened in 1910. It has one runway, 1,760 m (5,774 ft) long, asphalt. In 2006 it handled 792 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NIT / LFBN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Niort/Souché, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Opened: 1910
- Elevation: 62 m / 203 ft
- Coordinates: 46.3135, -0.3945
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,760 m / 5,774 ft
- Passengers: 792 (2006)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Paris
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rodrome_de_Niort_-_Marais_Poitevin (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875559
- Weather station: LFBN · WMO 07330
- Ident: LFBN

## Timeline

- 1910: Niort - Marais Poitevin Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,760 m / 5,774 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 068° / 248° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | 350 | Eurostat |
| 1995 | 433 | Eurostat |
| 1997 | 2,106 | Wikidata |
| 1998 | 2,388 | Wikidata |
| 1999 | 1,706 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 1,938 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 2,031 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 1,579 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 1,045 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 1,040 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 567 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 792 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 792 (2006) | =3,343 of 3,974 | #693 in Europe | #89 in FR |
| Longest runway | 1,760 m / 5,774 ft | =5,049 of 29,858 | =862 in Europe | #97 in FR |
| Elevation | 62 m / 203 ft | =33,816 of 43,403 | =4,303 in Europe | =992 in FR |
| Age | Opened 1910 | =25 of 15,079 | =18 in Europe | =6 in FR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =121 in FR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | NIORT INFO | 119.100 |
| APP | COGNAC APP | 122.550 |

## Nearby airports

- [PIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbi.md) Poitiers-Biard Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [LRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbh.md) La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [RCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfdn.md) Rochefort-Saint-Agnant (BA 721) Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [CNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbg.md) Cognac-Châteaubernard (BA 709) Air Base · 73 km / 45 mi
- [ANG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbu.md) Angoulême Brie-Champniers airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [EDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfri.md) La Roche-sur-Yon Les Ajoncs Airport · 87 km / 54 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #18

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbn/data