BIA

Bastia-Poretta International airport

ICAO LFKB42.5527°N 9.4837°E8 m / 26 ftLarge airport
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Bastia-Poretta International airport (IATA: BIA, ICAO: LFKB) is a large airport in Bastia, Corsica, France. It has one runway, 2,520 m (8,266 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aéroport International de Bastia-Poretta
16/34163° / 343° · LIT
LENGTH2,520 m8,266 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.2M
1.2M
1.3M
1.4M
1.5M
1.6M
811K
1.2M
1.5M
1.5M
1.5M
1.5M
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Routes

38 destinations · 12 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 mi1,000 miAJA · Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport · 90 km / 56 miNCE · Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · 221 km / 137 miMRS · Marseille Provence Airport · 361 km / 224 miLYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · 497 km / 309 miTLS · Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · 670 km / 416 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 882 km / 548 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 243 km / 151 miTLN · Toulon-Hyères Airport · 279 km / 173 miMPL · Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport · 463 km / 288 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 490 km / 304 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 582 km / 362 miDLE · Dole Tavaux Airport · 593 km / 368 miRDZ · Rodez–Aveyron Airport · 601 km / 373 miMUC · Munich Airport · 670 km / 416 miSXB · Strasbourg Airport · 681 km / 423 miSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 683 km / 424 miNUE · Nuremberg Airport · 782 km / 486 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 826 km / 513 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 829 km / 515 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 834 km / 518 miBOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · 858 km / 533 miBIQ · Biarritz Pays Basque airport · 900 km / 559 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 941 km / 585 miBVA · Beauvais-Tillé airport · 955 km / 593 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 959 km / 596 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 993 km / 617 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 1,012 km / 629 miLIL · Lille Airport · 1,015 km / 631 miCFR · Caen Carpiquet airport · 1,064 km / 661 miRNS · Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport · 1,069 km / 664 miHAJ · Hannover Airport · 1,102 km / 685 miRTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport · 1,112 km / 691 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 1,131 km / 703 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 1,204 km / 748 miGCI · Guernsey Airport · 1,205 km / 749 miBES · Brest Bretagne airport · 1,264 km / 785 miOUD · Oujda Angads Airport · 1,312 km / 815 miGOT · Göteborg Landvetter Airport · 1,692 km / 1,051 miGOTOUDBESGCILGWBERRTMHAJRNSCFRLILNTEDUSBVABIQORYBODFRAVIELUXNUESTRTLSMUCDLEBSLLYSMPLTLNFCOCRLCGNSXBRDZGVAMRSNCEAJABIA
Seasonal34
FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Air Corsica243 km151 miTLNToulon-Hyères AirportFrance · Air Corsica279 km173 miMPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportFrance · Volotea, Transavia463 km288 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet490 km304 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea, Transavia497 km309 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet582 km362 miDLEDole Tavaux AirportFrance · Air Corsica593 km368 miRDZRodez–Aveyron AirportFrance · Volotea601 km373 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa670 km416 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Volotea670 km416 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Volotea, Air Corsica681 km423 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings683 km424 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Eurowings782 km486 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair826 km513 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines829 km515 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa834 km518 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea, Air Corsica858 km533 miBIQBiarritz Pays Basque airportFrance · Transavia900 km559 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings941 km585 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Volotea955 km593 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Air Corsica959 km596 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings993 km617 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea, Air Corsica1,012 km629 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea1,015 km631 miCFRCaen Carpiquet airportFrance · Volotea1,064 km661 miRNSRennes-Saint-Jacques AirportFrance · Air Corsica1,069 km664 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · Eurowings1,102 km685 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia1,112 km691 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings1,131 km703 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,204 km748 miGCIGuernsey AirportGuernsey · Aurigny Air Services1,205 km749 miBESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Volotea, Transavia1,264 km785 miOUDOujda Angads AirportMorocco · Transavia1,312 km815 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Transavia1,692 km1,051 mi
Most destinationsAir Corsica 14Volotea 11Transavia 7Eurowings 6easyJet 5Lufthansa 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BIA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Bastia–Poretta Airport” (revision of 24 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#672of 3,974 · #175 Europe · #14 FRLongest runway2,520 m8,266 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,249of 29,823 · #352 Europe · #27 FRElevation8 m26 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,726of 43,341 · =5,483 Europe · =1,131 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

6 channels
AFISBASTIA INFO124.725
APPBASTIA RADAR APP123.825
ARRBASTIA APP37.850
ATISBASTIA ATIS125.925
GNDGND121.825
TWRBASTIA TWR118.000