Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport guide

Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport lies about 9 km north of Perpignan, on land shared by the communes of Perpignan, Rivesaltes and Peyrestortes in the Pyrénées-Orientales. It began as the Llabanère aerodrome, inaugurated in 1923, and was classed as an international airport in 1964. The current terminal opened in two phases, in 1964 and 1965.

The airport handled about 476,600 passengers in 2025, after 501,400 in 2024 and 478,900 in 2023. Aircraft movements reached roughly 63,400 in 2025. Traffic is seasonal and leans on low-cost carriers. Ryanair flies to Charleroi and Marrakech year-round, with summer links to British cities. Transavia connects Perpignan with Paris-Orly, and Volotea, ASL Airlines France and Aer Lingus add seasonal and charter routes.

A public company, the Société Publique Locale Aéroportuaire Régionale, has run the airport since 1 January 2020 under a ten-year public service delegation. The main runway is 2,500 m long and carries an instrument landing system. A shorter 1,265 m crossing runway completes the airfield.