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Istres Le Tubé airport (Base aérienne Istres-Le Tubé / BA 125 / BA125) at Marseille (France)
The runway at Istres-Le Tubé airport has extensions which make it possible to obtain a 5,000 meter runway - the longest in Europe - and to accommodate Airbus planes for their test campaign.
Istres Le Tubé airport also known asBase aérienne Istres-Le Tubéand
BA 125and
BA125is located near Marseille, with Istres at 3mi↑, Saint-Chamas at 6mi↑, Miramas at 6mi↑, Fos-sur-Mer at 6mi↑, Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts at 7mi↑, Cornillon-Confoux at 8mi↑, Port-de-Bouc at 9mi↑, Grans at 9mi↑,
→ See also Northernmost airports in France and Southernmost airports in France
→ See also airports in France
aerial view of Istres Le Tubé airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LFMI
- IATA code : -
- Local code : -
Elevation : 25 m = 82ft
→ See also Highest airports in France and Lowest airports in France
Runways
- runway 15/33 : 3750m = 12303ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in France
Coming to Istres Le Tubé airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : book on Viator
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on SNCF Connect
- Istres train station at 3mi
- Rassuen train station at 3mi
- Miramas train station at 6mi
By plane :
- Marseille Provence airport at 16mi : book on Trip.com
- Avignon-Caumont airport at 27mi : book on Trip.com
- Nîmes-Arles-Camargue airport at 30mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
METAR for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
LFMI 210130Z AUTO 09005KT 5000 BR NSC 09/07 Q1029 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
METAR issued by LFMI on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 01:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 days and 112 hours and -5744 minutes ago.
visibility is 5km = 3mi.
The temperature is 9°C = 48°F, dew point is 7°C = 45°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 87%.
QNH is 1029hPa = 30.39inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 90°.
NSC (No Significant Clouds) = no clouds below 5000 ft and no TCU (tower CUmulus) or presence of cumulonimbus 'cumulonimbus)
mist
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
LFMI 210128Z 2101/2121 09003KT 8000 BKN026 TX15/2114Z TN05/2107Z TEMPO 2101/2105 4500 BR BECMG 2113/2115 13015KT PROB40 TEMPO 2117/2120 SHRA BKN014 FEW020TCU
Decoded TAF for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
TAF issued by LFMI on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 01:28 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 16 hours and 18 minutes. weather forecast for 20 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, February 20, 2025 à 01:00 heure TU to Friday, February 21, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
2101/2121 09003KT 8000 BKN026 TX15/2114Z TN05/2107Z
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is 90°
Visibility is 8km = 5mi.
broken at 2600ft = 790m
temporarily from Thursday, February 20, 2025 à 01:00 heure TU to Friday, February 21, 2025 à 05:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2101/2105 4500 BR
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
mist
becoming from Friday, February 21, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Friday, February 21, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2113/2115 13015KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 130°
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Friday, February 21, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Friday, February 21, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 2117/2120 SHRA BKN014 FEW020TCU
shower rain
broken at 1400ft = 430m few clouds at 2000ft = 610m
VAC for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Istres Le Tubé airport
Around Istres Le Tubé airport (Base aérienne Istres-Le Tubé / BA 125 / BA125) at Marseille (France)
near
- Hotels in Istres
- Station de montagne Le Mas de la Barque at 79mi↑
- Station de montagne Alti Aigoual at 80mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Bleymard Mont Lozère at 87mi↑
- Station de montagne Croix de Bauzon at 87mi↑
- Station de montagne Chabanon at 91mi↑
- Station de montagne Domaine nordique de la Chavade at 91mi↑
- Station de montagne Montclar at 94mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Dévoluy at 94mi↑
- Station de montagne Laubert - Plateau du Roy at 97mi↑
- Station de montagne Val d'Allos at 98mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes at 100mi↑
- Station de montagne Charpal - Plateau du Roy at 101mi↑
- for Istres Le Tubé airport at 0mi↑
- for Societe Europeenne de Propulsion airport at 2mi↑
- for Centre De Secours airport at 9mi↑
nearest airports to Istres Le Tubé airport (Base aérienne Istres-Le Tubé / BA 125 / BA125) at Marseille (France)
- Societe Europeenne de Propulsion heliport ( FR-0202) at 2mi↑
- Centre De Secours heliport ( FR-0184) at 9mi↑
- Salon Eyguières airport (LFNE ) at 10mi↑NOTAM
- Martigues-Henri Fabre ultralight airfield ( LF1301) at 10mi↑
- seaplane base ( FR-0358) at 10mi↑
- Salon-de-Provence airport (LFMY ) at 11mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Berre La Fare airport (LFNR ) at 13mi↑NOTAM
- Berre/Marignane seaplane base (LFTB ) at 16mi↑defunct airport
- Marseille Provence airport (LFML MRS ) at 16mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Le Mazet De Romanin airport (LFNZ ) at 17mi↑NOTAM
- Saint Suffren private UL strip airport ( FR-0390) at 21mi↑
- Aix-en-Provence airport (LFMA ) at 22mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in France
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap