Where is BIQ airport?

BIQ is a medium-sized airport in Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, at 43.4684, -1.5232, 75 m above sea level.

What time zone is BIQ in?

BIQ is in the Europe/Paris time zone, UTC+1 / UTC+2 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use BIQ?

935,394 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Mar 2026: 136,531 passengers, +1.0% on the same months of 2025.

Biarritz Pays Basque airport opened in 1954.

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Medium-sized airport in Biarritz, France.

IATA code: BIQ
ICAO code: LFBZ
Size: medium; OurAirports class
Passengers: 935,394; 2025 · +2.0% on the year before
Nonstop routes: 13; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+1 / UTC+2; Europe/Paris
Elevation: 75 m; 246 ft
Runways: 1; Longest 2,250 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 136,531 passengers, +1.0% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About BIQ

Biarritz Pays Basque airport is a medium-sized airport serving Biarritz, France. It opened in 1954. 935,394 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 13 nonstop routes from BIQ.

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Busiest nonstop routes from BIQ

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
BIQ → CDG	Paris, France	691 km	222,034
BIQ → ORY	Paris, France	657 km	210,399
BIQ → LYS	Lyon, France	582 km	112,356
BIQ → STN	London, United Kingdom	945 km	101,326
BIQ → DUB	Dublin, Ireland	1,161 km	50,314
BIQ → CRL	Charleroi, Belgium	900 km	47,100
BIQ → LGW	London, United Kingdom	860 km	34,518
BIQ → NCE	Nice, France	706 km	26,863
BIQ → GVA	Geneva, Switzerland	677 km	22,625
BIQ → EDI	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	1,395 km	19,483
BIQ → MRS	Marseille, France	545 km	19,435
BIQ → CGN	Cologne, Germany	1,051 km	19,258
BIQ → SXB	Strasbourg, France	904 km	15,064

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
EAS	San Sebastián Airport	San Sebastián, Spain	25 km
PNA	Pamplona Airport	Pamplona, Spain	78 km
PUF	Pau Pyrénées Airport	Pau, France	90 km
BIO	Bilbao Airport	Bilbao, Spain	114 km
VIT	Vitoria Airport	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain	117 km
LDE	Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport	Tarbes, France	127 km
RJL	Logroño-Agoncillo Airport	Logroño, Spain	130 km

Distance from BIQ to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
BIQ → LHR	London, United Kingdom	893 km	—
BIQ → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	5,491 km	—
BIQ → CDG	Paris, France	691 km	222,034
BIQ → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	1,059 km	—
BIQ → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	2,490 km	—
BIQ → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1,089 km	—
BIQ → JFK	New York, United States	5,795 km	—
BIQ → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,009 km	—
BIQ → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,315 km	—
BIQ → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	11,154 km	—
BIQ → HND	Tokyo, Japan	10,420 km	—
BIQ → DOH	Doha, Qatar	5,186 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
09/27	2,250 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France · 43.4684, -1.5232

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Questions

Biarritz Pays Basque airport has the IATA code BIQ and the ICAO code LFBZ. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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