BIQ

Biarritz Pays Basque airport

ICAO LFBZ43.4684°N 1.5232°W75 m / 245 ftMedium airport
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Biarritz Pays Basque airport (IATA: BIQ, ICAO: LFBZ) is a medium airport in Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It opened in 1954. It has one runway, 2,250 m (7,382 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 935 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954
1954
OpenedBiarritz Pays Basque airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
GATAéroport de Biarritz Pays Basque
09/27089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH2,250 m7,382 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.1M
1.0M
1.1M
1.2M
1.2M
1.1M
383K
608K
931K
970K
917K
935K
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Routes

24 destinations · 12 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miLYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · 580 km / 360 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 657 km / 408 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 691 km / 429 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 900 km / 559 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 945 km / 587 miRAK · Marrakesh Menara Airport · 1,438 km / 894 miMRS · Marseille Provence Airport · 544 km / 338 miNCE · Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · 704 km / 437 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 840 km / 522 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 846 km / 526 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 860 km / 534 miLIL · Lille Airport · 863 km / 536 miFSC · Figari Sud-Corse Airport · 897 km / 557 miBIA · Bastia-Poretta International airport · 900 km / 559 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 901 km / 560 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 904 km / 562 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 922 km / 573 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 1,057 km / 657 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 1,088 km / 676 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 1,161 km / 721 miMUC · Munich Airport · 1,162 km / 722 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 1,394 km / 866 miCPH · Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 1,688 km / 1,049 miARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 2,228 km / 1,384 miARNCPHRAKEDIMUCDUBAMSFRASTNBGYZRHCRLBIAFSCNCECDGLYSLUXLILLGWMRSMXPBSLORYBIQ
Seasonal18
MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Transavia France544 km338 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · easyJet704 km437 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet840 km522 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet846 km526 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet860 km534 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea863 km536 miFSCFigari Sud-Corse AirportFrance · Air France897 km557 miBIABastia-Poretta International airportFrance · Transavia France900 km559 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air901 km560 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair904 km562 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair922 km573 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,057 km657 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM1,088 km676 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair1,161 km721 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,162 km722 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,394 km866 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines1,688 km1,049 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines2,228 km1,384 mi
Most destinationseasyJet 5Ryanair 5Transavia France 4Air France 3Lufthansa 2Scandinavian Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BIQ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Biarritz Pays Basque Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers935K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#849of 3,974 · #204 Europe · #16 FRLongest runway2,250 m7,382 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,183of 29,823 · #620 Europe · #60 FRElevation75 m245 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,761of 43,341 · =4,096 Europe · #961 FRAgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =814 Europe · =101 FRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =121 FR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPBIARRITZ APP125.600
ATISATIS128.225
GNDBIARRITZ GND121.950
TWRBIARRITZ TWR118.700