MPL

Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport

ICAO LFMT43.5762°N 3.9630°E5 m / 17 ftLarge airport
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Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (IATA: MPL, ICAO: LFMT) is a large airport in Montpellier/Méditerranée, Occitanie, France. It opened in 1946. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,600 m (8,530 ft). In 2025 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1946–1946
1946
OpenedMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aéroport Montpellier MéditerranéeHall 2
12L/30R124° / 304° · LIT
LENGTH2,600 m8,530 ftWIDTH50 m164 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12R/30L124° / 304°
LENGTH1,100 m3,609 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.4M
1.5M
1.7M
1.8M
1.9M
1.9M
805K
1.1M
1.8M
1.7M
1.8M
1.7M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

42 destinations · 14 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miBOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · 398 km / 247 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 526 km / 327 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 586 km / 364 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 589 km / 366 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 614 km / 382 miRNS · Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport · 666 km / 414 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 694 km / 431 miCFR · Caen Carpiquet airport · 709 km / 441 miALG · Houari Boumediene Airport · 768 km / 477 miLIL · Lille Airport · 780 km / 485 miBES · Brest Bretagne airport · 843 km / 524 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 898 km / 558 miTUN · Tunis Carthage International Airport · 917 km / 570 miORN · Oran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International Airport · 968 km / 601 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 973 km / 605 miSVQ · Seville Airport · 1,077 km / 669 miNDR · Nador Al Aaroui International Airport · 1,128 km / 701 miTNG · Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport · 1,214 km / 754 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 1,217 km / 756 miFEZ · Fes Saïss International Airport · 1,322 km / 821 miRBA · Rabat-Salé Airport · 1,406 km / 874 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 1,514 km / 941 miRAK · Marrakesh Menara Airport · 1,696 km / 1,054 miAGA · Al Massira Airport · 1,888 km / 1,173 miMAH · Menorca Airport · 413 km / 257 miAJA · Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport · 436 km / 271 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 459 km / 285 miBIA · Bastia-Poretta International airport · 463 km / 288 miSXB · Strasbourg Airport · 620 km / 385 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 705 km / 438 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 710 km / 441 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 798 km / 496 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 1,002 km / 623 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 1,051 km / 653 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 1,179 km / 733 miDJE · Djerba Zarzis International Airport · 1,229 km / 764 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 1,327 km / 825 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 1,791 km / 1,113 miHER · Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · 2,031 km / 1,262 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 2,041 km / 1,268 miACE · César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport · 2,255 km / 1,401 miTFS · Tenerife Sur Airport · 2,519 km / 1,565 miTFSACEISTHERAGAATHRAKCMNDUBFEZDJELISTNGMANSVQBRSAMSORNTUNBESFRALILALGMADCFRFCOSXBCDGNTEBIAPMIMAHBODRBANDRAGPLGWLUXRNSBSLAJAORYMPL
Year-round24
BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Volotea398 km247 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet526 km327 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia France586 km364 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea589 km366 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France614 km382 miRNSRennes-Saint-Jacques AirportFrance · Volotea666 km414 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair694 km431 miCFRCaen Carpiquet airportFrance · Volotea709 km441 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Transavia France, Air Algérie768 km477 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea780 km485 miBESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Volotea843 km524 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet898 km558 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Transavia France917 km570 miORNOran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International AirportAlgeria · Transavia France, Air Algérie968 km601 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM973 km605 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Transavia France1,077 km669 miNDRNador Al Aaroui International AirportMorocco · Air Arabia1,128 km701 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Air Arabia1,214 km754 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Transavia France1,217 km756 miFEZFes Saïss International AirportMorocco · Air Arabia1,322 km821 miRBARabat-Salé AirportMorocco · Transavia France1,406 km874 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Air Arabia, Royal Air Maroc1,514 km941 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Transavia France1,696 km1,054 miAGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Transavia France1,888 km1,173 mi
Seasonal20
MAHMenorca AirportSpain · Volotea413 km257 miAJAAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportFrance · Volotea436 km271 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · easyJet459 km285 miBIABastia-Poretta International airportFrance · Transavia France463 km288 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Volotea620 km385 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Transavia France705 km438 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Volotea710 km441 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines798 km496 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways898 km558 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,002 km623 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Transavia France1,051 km653 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,179 km733 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Transavia France1,214 km754 miDJEDjerba Zarzis International AirportTunisia · Transavia France1,229 km764 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus1,327 km825 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Transavia France1,791 km1,113 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Transavia France2,031 km1,262 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Transavia France2,041 km1,268 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Volotea2,255 km1,401 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Volotea2,519 km1,565 mi
Most destinationsTransavia France 17Volotea 12easyJet 5Air Arabia 4Air Algérie 2Air France 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MPL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.7M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#630of 3,974 · #165 Europe · #12 FRLongest runway2,600 m8,530 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,041of 29,823 · =320 Europe · #25 FRElevation5 m17 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,613of 43,341 · =5,603 Europe · #1,137 FRAgeOpened 19462026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,744of 15,079 · =728 Europe · =86 FRRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =25 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

5 channels
APPMONTPELLIER APP120.375
ATISMONTPELLIER ATIS124.125
GNDMONTPELLIER GND121.950
TWRMONTPELLIER TWR South sector118.200
TWRMONTPELLIER TWR North sector118.775