Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (also known as Fréjorgues Airport) is an airport in southern France. It is located in Mauguio in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region of France, 7 km east-southeast of Montpellier. The airport was opened in 1946, 8 years after the first flight to the region.
The airport is the 10th largest passenger airport in France and is home to a campus of the École nationale de l’aviation civile (French civil aviation university). The airport is at an average altitude of 5 meters above sea level. It has two paved runways and is used for regular scheduled, charter and private jet flights.
France private jet charter prices
Although Montpellier Mediterranee Airport air charter fees depend on variables such as the number of passengers, departure airport, flight time, aircraft position, flight date, the prices for private jet charter from Istanbul → Montpellier are as follows.
| Light Jet | 16.550 EUR |
| Midsize Jet | 21.000 EUR |
| Heavy Jet | 29.050 EUR |
These prices are average amounts and you can contact us on our flight reservation screen or by phone for the most accurate price information.
Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport history
In 1938, the first aircraft landed at Fréjorgues. Throughout 1944, the airfield was used by the Luftwaffe, first by the 15th US Air Force on January 27, and then by four bomber groups of the 304th Bombardment Wing on Saturday, May 27, 1944. The airport was not used during the war due to the bombings. After the end of the war, improvements began in 1946 for the opening of the civilian terminal. In 1964, the Montpellier Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIM) was given temporary commercial management of the airport, and in 1974 the CCIM granted the port a 30-year commercial license.
In 1990, the airport’s traffic reached one million passengers. The new terminal building was inaugurated on an area of 14,000 m². Access to the aircraft is provided by three passenger bridges and two mobile front bridges. Montpellier-Fréjorgues airport was renamed Montpellier-Méditerranée airport with the implementation of the decree of February 1, 1994. In 2002, the airport inaugurated its first low-cost route and in the same year obtained ISO 9001 certification, which defines the requirements for the implementation of a quality management system.
On June 23, 2009, it was transformed into a limited liability company with a capital of 148,000 euros, with a board of directors and a supervisory board. SA Aéroport Montpellier Méditerranée was born. The shareholding distribution is as follows: 60% State, 25% Montpellier CCI, 7% Hérault Department, 6.5% Languedoc-Roussillon Region, 1% Pays de l’Or communes and 0.5% Montpellier Agglomération.
In December 2011, magnetic declination in France caused the runway orientation to be corrected to 12L/30R (previously 13L/31R). In 2012, the airport was served by three new airlines: Lufthansa, Twinjet and Volotea. A new route opened on the Montpellier-Marrakech route with Air Arabia
2014 was marked by the arrival of Brussels Airlines, Belgium’s national airline, and the inauguration of the Montpellier-Brussels route, competing with the low-cost Ryanair flight to Charleroi-Brussels-South airport, one hour from Brussels. 2016 saw the arrival of Chalair on the Montpellier-Bordeaux route and Aer Lingus on the Montpellier-Dublin route. The Montpellier-Paris Orly route operated by Air France also joined La Navette flights.
In 2018, the airport management announced the creation of a terminal for low-cost flights, scheduled to open in spring 2019. The following year, the airport welcomed Ural Airlines on the Montpellier-Moscow route, EasyJet opened three new routes from Montpellier (Bristol, Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle and Porto).
Places to visit in Montpellier
With a population of 250,000, Montpellier is known as a student city with many artistic and cultural areas such as opera, music, library, university and theater halls.
The main points to visit in the city can be listed as follows: Musee Fabre, which hosts unique collections of French and European drawing art from the Renaissance period to the present day, Montpellier Botanical Garden, the oldest garden in France built in 1593, The Triumph Arc, located at the entrance of The Triumph Arach Foch Street, the most famous street of Montpellier, The Zoological Park, which contains more than 100 animal species and also includes sections such as tropical greenhouses, wildlife and Amazonian life, the Aquarium More Nostrum in Odysseum Shopping Center and the Languedoc Museum, where many works of art from art history are exhibited.
Montpellier-Méditerranée airport information
Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport is known for its proximity to Montpellier city center. There are public buses, trams, shuttle buses, car rental, and taxis to get to the city center from Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport.
Public bus number 120 runs every 30 minutes and you can get on from the stops outside the port. It is possible to reach the city center in 20-25 minutes with the tram named Line 1. Shuttle buses can reduce this time to 15 minutes.
Taking a taxi from the port to the city center varies in price depending on the number of people in the taxi. This journey takes 10-15 minutes and you can also pay by credit card. There are also offices of different car rental companies in the port.
