Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport

Saint-Pierre Airport is a regional airport located south of Saint-Pierre, in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the east coast of Canada near Newfoundland.

Overview

This new airport replaced the old airport in the middle of the city.
The airport was completed in August 1999 and consists of four buildings and a control tower. The old airport, opened in 1965 and located on the south side of the inner harbour, was re-located due to the lack of room for expansion. The main terminal building is a two-story structure. The old airport is located in city centre of St. Pierre and is being redeveloped for housing complexes. The control tower, terminal building, hangar, and part of the old runway are intact. The airport project cost 370 million French francs.

Facilities

passenger terminal
maintenance building to store snow plows
aircraft hangars and workshop
civil aviation buildings

The airport handles turboprop aircraft and Boeing 737.
All other aircraft at the airport are private aircraft for general aviation.

Airline and destinations

In July 2018, the first nonstop flights from the islands to mainland France launched on Air Saint-Pierre with seasonal summer service from Saint-Pierre directly to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris serviced by ASL Airlines France Boeing 737. Previously, all connecting traffic to mainland France was done through airports in Canada, such as Halifax or Montréal–Trudeau.