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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 191330Z AUTO VRB03KT 9999 FEW028 15/10 Q1012 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
METAR issued by LFMI on Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 13:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 hours and 13 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 15°C = 59°F, dew point is 10°C = 50°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 72%.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.88inHg
Wind 6km/h = 3kt, direction is °.
Clouds : few clouds at 2800ft = 850m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
LFMI 190800Z 1909/2009 04005KT 9999 BKN030 TX14/1912Z TN05/2004Z BECMG 1912/1914 28010KT TEMPO 1917/1920 31015G30KT BECMG 2005/2007 34020G35KT
Decoded TAF for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
TAF issued by LFMI on Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 08:00 UTC, issued 8 hours and 43 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 09:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 12:00 heure UTC
1909/2009 04005KT 9999 BKN030 TX14/1912Z TN05/2004Z
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 40°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 3000ft = 910m
becoming from Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 14:00 heure TU to Friday, December 20, 2024 à 05:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1912/1914 28010KT
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 280°
temporarily from Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 17:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 20:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1917/1920 31015G30KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 310°
becoming from Friday, December 20, 2024 à 07:00 heure TU to Friday, December 20, 2024 à 09:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2005/2007 34020G35KT
wind 20kt = 37km/h with gusts at 35kt = 65km/h, direction is 340°
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
- 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
- Nord heliport ( FR-0198) at 24mi↑
→ See also Former airports in France
Data sources
- 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