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Istres-Le Tubé Air Base
LFMIIstres, Bouches-du-Rhône, FranceELEV 82 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
Salon-de-Provence (BA 701) Air Base (LFMY) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, Istres-Le Tubé Air Base (LFMI) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 82 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into LFMI for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Salon-de-Provence (BA 701) Air Base (LFMY, 10 nm), Marseille Provence Airport (MRS, 14 nm), and Avignon Caumont airport (AVN, 23 nm).
Charter pricing from LFMI depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Istres Air Base and BA125. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône.
Field capability
ICAO
LFMI
IATA
—
FAA / Local
LFMI
Elevation
82 ft
Coordinates
43.5227° N · 4.9238° E
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 82 ft, LFMI sits lower than 86% 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.
- 10nmLFMYSalon-de-Provence (BA 701) Air BaseSalon
- 14nmMRSMarseille Provence AirportMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône
- 23nmAVNAvignon Caumont airportAvignon
- 26nmFNINîmes-Arles-Camargue AirportNîmes/Garons
- 37nmLFMOOrange-Caritat (BA 115) Air BaseOrange, Vaucluse
- 41nmCTTLe Castellet AirportLe Castellet, Var
Location
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