At the heart of southwestern Europe, Midi-Pyrenees' strategic location enables it to play a key role in linking the major development areas of south with the industrial regions to the north.

International-scale airports

• 2 international airports:

Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport:
5^th busiest airport in France for passenger traffic , with 5,799,536 travelers in 2005 
1^st busiest airport of province for air freight and mail (56,418 tons of merchandise in 2005)
Daily flights to 24 international destinations including 17 European cities
15 domestic destinations: flights to the 2 international airports of Paris provide 38 turn-arounds per day, resulting in daily flights to Paris every ½ hour.
Low-cost offers account for 13% of the regular flights. 
 

Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees International Airport:
5^th busiest charter airport in France
545,510 travelers in 2005
90 destinations, mainly to Italy, France, Ireland, UK and Belgium
3 daily flights to Paris
Second largest airport in Midi-Pyrenees

• 2 regional airports : Castres-Mazamet and Rodez-Marcillac offering daily flights to Paris and Lyons
  1 flight to Rodez - Londres-Stansted

• Airline connections from Toulouse-Blagnac:

Source: Toulouse-Blagnac airport — winter 2006 / 2007 

• Regular direct domestic flights from Toulouse-Blagnac:

	City	Average Frequency	Flight Time
	Paris CDG	48/week	1h15
	Paris Orly	31/day	1h15
	Clermont-Ferrand	12/week	0h55
	Lille	19/week	1h25
	Lyon	35/week	0h55
	Le Havre	5/week	1h45
	Marseille	17/week	0h50
	Metz/Nancy	10/week	1h25
	Mulhouse	6/week	1h20
	Nantes	19/week	1h00
	Nice	17/week	1h20
	Rennes	18/week	1h10
	Strasbourg	23/week	1h30
	Saint-Denis de la Réunion	1/wekk	12h30

Source: Toulouse-Blagnac airport - winter 2006 / 2007