Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport
Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport is an international airport serving Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe, France.
The airport is located in Abymes, north-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre. It is the main hub for Air Caraïbes and Air Antilles Express. Air France also has two Airbus A320 based in Pointe-à-Pitre for regional flights. It is the largest of the six airports in the archipelago. In 2019, the airport handled 2,488,782 passengers; it is the second busiest airport in the Lesser Antilles after Queen Beatrix International Airport located in Aruba, and before Grantley Adams International Airport located in Barbados.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 12/30 which measures. Runway 12/30 is long enough to allow aircraft as large as the A380 to take off and land without difficulty. The airport was also one of the first to handle the first A380 prototype in the second week of January 2006, for two days. The same year, the airport celebrated its 40th anniversary. The airport has two interconnected terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Terminal 1 serves both international and regional flights. Terminal 2 only serves regional flights.The former Air Guadeloupe had its head office at the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic, 2000 - 2019| Year | Passengers | Year | Passengers | Year | Passengers |
| 2000 | 2 117 232 | 2010 | 1 948 813 | 2020 | |
| 2001 | 1 896 044 | 2011 | 2 050 471 | 2021 | |
| 2002 | 1 805 420 | 2012 | 1 994 575 | 2022 | |
| 2003 | 1 761 455 | 2013 | 2 033 763 | 2023 | |
| 2004 | 1 866 739 | 2014 | 2 029 080 | 2024 | |
| 2005 | 1 836 490 | 2015 | 2 089 763 | 2025 | |
| 2006 | 1 861 362 | 2016 | 2 253 284 | 2026 | |
| 2007 | 1 960 912 | 2017 | 2 361 173 | 2027 | |
| 2008 | 2 020 042 | 2018 | 2 446 234 | 2028 | |
| 2009 | 1 839 786 | 2019 | 2 488 782 | 2029 |
10 busiest routes from Guadeloupe Pôle Caraîbes Airport in 2017
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top carriers |
| 1 | Paris Orly, France | 1 224 015 | Air France, Air Caraîbes, Corsair |
| 2 | Fort de France, France | 427 920 | Air France, Air Caraibes, Air Antilles Express |
| 3 | Saint Martin Grand Case, France | 166 072 | Air Caraîbes, Air Antilles Express |
| 4 | Paris CDG, France | 86 166 | XL Airways |
| 5 | Cayenne, France | 47 811 | Air France |
| 6 | Montréal, Canada | 37 249 | Air Canada, Air Transat |
| 7 | Port-au-Prince, Haîti | 35 303 | Air France |
| 8 | Saint Barthelemy, France | 34 814 | Air Antilles Express |
| 9 | New York JFK, USA | 32 861 | Norwegian |
| 10 | Miami, USA | 31 201 | Air France, American Airlines |