About The Airport
Welcome to sunny and stunning MPL!
MPL is ideally located in Southern France, halfway between Provence and Catalonia, gateway to a region where business and tourism are booming. Its catchment area is one of MPL airport's major asset. It is the 2nd largest in the South of France with 2.1 million pop. within 60’ drive time. Considerate as a city airport, MPL airport is only 8 km from the city of Montpellier.
With a good mix of Legacy and LCC, MPL Airport have successfully achieved 90.3% recovery rate in 2023 vs 2019 : 1.751 million passengers. During Summer 24, 14 airlines were operating flights to 37 schedules destinations of which 5 new routes : PMI with easyJet, MAH with Volotea, OSL with Norwegian, IST & RBA with Transavia France. RNS was added by Volotea to its Winter 24/25 program.
If you are looking forward to a great market potential with no or reduced competition that offers a lot of opportunities in the business, leisure and incoming sector for attractive city pairs and unserved point to point service, with success in developing sustainable routes by legacy & LCC carriers (Summer season and year round), MPL is the perfect airport for you.
MPL is a convenient, easy access, human size airport with 24/24 ATC, no curfew, no slot constraint, 25’ turnaround.
Through our partnership approach and cost control efforts, we are uniquely capable of offering low airport charges and providing medium term cost visibility for airlines.
Key facts & figures about Montpellier & MPL airport
- 7th biggest city in France
- 2.1+ million pop. within 60’
- 2nd largest catchment in south of France
- 2nd French place for raising funding in startup companies
- 2nd density of brain power in France
- 1.751 million passengers in 2023
- Gateway to the world largest vineyard
Facts and Figures
- List of Top 5 Airlines: Transavia France, Air France, Volotea, easyJet, Air Arabia Maroc
- Number of Serving Airlines: 14 scheduled airlines in Summer 2024
- Number of Direct Destinations: 37 scheduled destinations for Summer 2024
- Number of Terminals: 1 (2 halls)
- Number of Runways: 2
- Length of Main Runway (m): 2,600
- Passenger Numbers (mppa): 1,751,000 in 2023
- Ownership: 60% French state, 25% Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Herault, 7% Council of Herault County, 6.5% Region of Occitanie/Pyrenees Mediterranee, 0.5% Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, 1% Agglomeration of the Pays de l'Or
- Operational Opening Hours: H24
- Total Catchment Population: 2.1 million within 60' drive time
- Urban Population: 550,000 (Agglomeration of Montpellier), 1 million pop. (greater Montpellier)
- Aircraft Parking Stands: 13