Airports / France / NIT
Niort - Marais Poitevin Airport
LFBN / NITNiort/Souché, FranceELEV 203 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
33 nm
To the nearest alternate
Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Niort - Marais Poitevin Airport (LFBN / NIT) is a mid-sized airport serving Niort/Souché, France. The field lies at an elevation of 203 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
NIT has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS, 33 nm), La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport (LRH, 34 nm), and Rochefort-Saint-Agnant (BA 721) Airport (RCO, 35 nm).
Quotes for flights out of NIT vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from NIT, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LFBN
IATA
NIT
FAA / Local
LFBN
Elevation
203 ft
Coordinates
46.3135° N · 0.3945° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs France fields
state range 7–3,362 ft
At 203 ft, NIT sits lower than 72% of the 135 France fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 33nmPISPoitiers-Biard AirportPoitiers/Biard
- 34nmLRHLa Rochelle Île de Ré AirportLa Rochelle
- 35nmRCORochefort-Saint-Agnant (BA 721) AirportRochefort/Saint-Agnant
- 39nmCNGCognac-Châteaubernard (BA 709) Air BaseCognac/Châteaubernard
- 43nmANGAngoulême Brie-Champniers airportAngoulême
- 47nmEDMLa Roche-sur-Yon Les Ajoncs AirportLa Roche-sur-Yon
Location
Open the full mapLFBN · Niort - Marais Poitevin Airport · Niort/Souché, France