Toulouse - Montaudran
The former airport runway in 2012
Summary
LocationToulouse
Coordinates43°34′13″N 1°28′51″E / 43.5704107°N 1.4808798°E / 43.5704107; 1.4808798

Toulouse-Montaudran Airport is a former French airport located in the district of Montaudran in the municipality of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne department of the region of Occitanie.

History

Created in 1917 by Pierre-Georges Latécoère, it became a centre for civil aviation and the aeronautics industry. In 1918 "Lignes Aériennes Latécoère" was created, and in 1927 it became the departure point for Aéropostale with pilots based at the airport including Jean Mermoz, Henri Guillaumet, Paul Vachet and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.[2]

Latécoère, successor to Aéropostale, until the 1970s Breguet, used the airport for repairs to their aircraft. Eventually, Air France Industries used the site for maintenance of their aircraft until 18 December 2003, 18,[3] the date the last flight left the airport.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Montaudran Airport". airportcodes.aero. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  2. ↑ "L'aéroport de 1917 à 1950 | Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac". toulouse.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  3. ↑ "Dernier décollage depuis l'aérodrome historique de Toulouse-Montaudran - SUD Aérien.org". sud-aerien.org. Retrieved 2018-05-29.

Further reading

  • Gérard Rey, Toulouse-Montaudran, de Latécoère à Air France, Toulouse, Loubatières, 2003
  • Georges Baccrabère, Toulouse terre d'envol, Toulouse, Privat, 1966 /Toulouse, Signes du monde, 1993 (2 vol.)
  • Raymond Danel, Les lignes Latécoère (1918–1927), Toulouse, Privat, 1986
  • Raymond Danel, L'Aéropostale (1927–1933), Toulouse, Privat, 1989



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