BIQLFBZ

Biarritz Pays Basque airport

Biarritz, France · Europe

Europe Europe/Paris

24direct destinations

15airlines

1runway

2,250 mLongest runway

1954opened

Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (IATA: BIQ, ICAO: LFBZ), also known as Biarritz Airport or Biarritz-Parme Airport, is an airport serving Biarritz, French Basque Country. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Biarritz, near Bayonne and Anglet. The airport opened on 11 April 1954.

Location

43.468°N, 1.523°O · 75 m s. n. m. (245 ft)

General data

CountryFrance

CityBiarritz

IATA codeBIQ

ICAO codeLFBZ

Coordinates43.468°N, 1.523°O

Elevation75 m s. n. m. (245 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Paris

Runways1

Longest runway2,250 m

Opened1954

Direct destinations24

Official website

Runways · 1

09/27

Length2,250 m7,382 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 5 Official publication

Tower

118.705

Ground

121.955

ATIS (automatic information)

128.230

Approach

125.605

Flight information

119.180

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Frequencies from the official publication: AIP France (SIA), AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.

History

In 2020, the Basque airport was shaken by the global pandemic and saw its infrastructure closed between March and May. A total of 383,366 passengers (down 64.04%) transited through the platform. In 2019, the airport welcomed the aircraft of many delegations during the G7 meeting organized in Biarritz.

Airlines operating here · 15

Other airlines with direct routes

easyJet Ryanair Air France Transavia France Lufthansa Transavia Air Dolomiti EasyJet Switzerland Edelweiss Air KLM Luxair Scandinavian Airlines Swiss International Air Lines Twin Jet Volotea

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BIQ

MLA

“Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BIQ. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BIQ (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_biq,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BIQ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BIQ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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