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Istres Le Tubé airport (Base aérienne Istres-Le Tubé / BA 125 / BA125) in Marseille (France)
The runway at Istres-Le Tubé airport has extensions which make it possible to obtain a 5,000 meter runway - the longest in Europe - and to accommodate Airbus planes for their test campaign.
Istres Le Tubé airport also known asBase aérienne Istres-Le Tubéand
BA 125and
BA125is located near Marseille, with Istres at 3mi↑, Saint-Chamas at 6mi↑, Miramas at 6mi↑, Fos-sur-Mer at 6mi↑, Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts at 7mi↑, Cornillon-Confoux at 8mi↑,
→ See also Northernmost airports in France and Southernmost airports in France
→ See also airports in France
aerial view of Istres Le Tubé airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LFMI
- IATA code : -
- Local code : -
Elevation : 25 m = 82ft
→ See also Highest airports in France and Lowest airports in France
Runways
- runway 15/33 : 3750m = 12303ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in France
Coming to Istres Le Tubé airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on SNCF Connect
- Istres train station at 3mi
- Rassuen train station at 3mi
- Miramas train station at 6mi
By plane :
- Marseille Provence airport at 16mi : book on Transavia Volotea Iberia Vueling air_france
- Avignon-Caumont airport at 27mi : book on Trip.com
- Nîmes-Arles-Camargue airport at 30mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
METAR for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
LFMI 042100Z AUTO 34015KT CAVOK 18/12 Q1016 BECMG 28010KT
Decoded METAR for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
METAR issued by LFMI on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 21:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 25 hours and -1394 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 18°C = 64°F, dew point is 12°C = 54°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 68 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30inHg
Wind 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 340°.
Sky clear.
Becoming 28010KT
TAF for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
LFMI 042113Z 0421/0521 30015KT CAVOK TX21/0421Z TN12/0506Z TEMPO 0506/0521 33020G40KT
Decoded TAF for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
TAF issued by LFMI on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 21:13 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 1 hours and 33 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, October 4, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 5, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
0421/0521 30015KT CAVOK TX21/0421Z TN12/0506Z
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
temporarily from Sunday, October 5, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 5, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0506/0521 33020G40KT
wind 20kt = 37km/h with gusts at 40kt = 74km/h, direction is 330°
VAC for Istres Le Tubé airport LFMI
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Istres Le Tubé airport
Around Istres Le Tubé airport (Base aérienne Istres-Le Tubé / BA 125 / BA125) in Marseille (France)
near
- Hotels in Istres
- Station de montagne Le Mas de la Barque at 79mi↑
- Station de montagne Alti Aigoual at 80mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Bleymard Mont Lozère at 87mi↑
- Station de montagne Croix de Bauzon at 87mi↑
- Station de montagne Chabanon at 91mi↑
- Station de montagne Domaine nordique de la Chavade at 91mi↑
- Station de montagne Montclar at 94mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Dévoluy at 94mi↑
- Station de montagne Laubert - Plateau du Roy at 97mi↑
- Station de montagne Val d'Allos at 98mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes at 100mi↑
- Station de montagne Charpal - Plateau du Roy at 101mi↑
- for Istres Le Tubé airport at 0mi↑
- for Societe Europeenne de Propulsion airport at 2mi↑
- for Centre De Secours airport at 9mi↑
nearest airports to Istres Le Tubé airport (Base aérienne Istres-Le Tubé / BA 125 / BA125) in Marseille (France)
- Societe Europeenne de Propulsion heliport ( FR-0202) at 2mi↑
- Centre De Secours heliport ( FR-0184) at 9mi↑
- Salon Eyguières airport (LFNE ) at 10mi↑NOTAM
- Martigues-Henri Fabre ultralight airfield ( LF1301) at 10mi↑
- seaplane base ( FR-0358) at 10mi↑
- Salon-de-Provence airport (LFMY ) at 11mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Berre La Fare airport (LFNR ) at 13mi↑NOTAM
- Berre/Marignane seaplane base (LFTB ) at 16mi↑defunct airport
- Marseille Provence airport (LFML MRS ) at 16mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Le Mazet De Romanin airport (LFNZ ) at 17mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in France
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap