LFMI Medium Airport

Airport record

Istres-Le Tubé Air Base

Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France

12,000+ ft runway
WGS 84 position 43.52270°, 4.92384° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 82 ft MSL

25 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 12,303 ft

3,750 metres · 15/33

PUBLISHED COMMS 6

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
15/33 12,303 × 197 ft3,750 × 60 m Asphalt 153.0° / 333.0° northwest–southeast Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
15 LE · low-numbered end 15/33 Reported open 153.0°T 77 ft MSL23 m Not published 43.53780°, 4.91330° Open end map ↗
33 HE · high-numbered end 15/33 Reported open 333.0°T 62 ft MSL19 m Not published 43.50780°, 4.93462° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
ACC 119.475 MHz RHONE ACC
APP 28.252 MHz ISTRES APP
APP 120.350 MHz ISTRES APP
GND 121.850 MHz ISTRES GND
OPS 25.725 MHz RIVERIA OPS
TWR 122.100 MHz ISTRES TWR

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METAR, TAF & simulator ATIS

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Nearby airports

All in France
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
LFML Marseille Provence AirportMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône 14 NM25 km · E · 112° true 11,483 ft
LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur AirportNice, Alpes-Maritimes 100 NM185 km · E · 85° true 9,721 ft
LFLL Lyon Saint-Exupéry AirportColombier-Saugnieu, Rhône 132 NM245 km · N · 3° true 13,124 ft
LFBO Toulouse-Blagnac AirportToulouse/Blagnac 155 NM287 km · W · 274° true 11,483 ft
LFLC Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airportClermont-Ferrand 155 NM287 km · NW · 332° true 9,885 ft
LFBD Bordeaux–Mérignac AirportBordeaux 255 NM472 km · W · 290° true 10,171 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.