Alès-Deaux Airport – XAS
Alès-Deaux Airport is a public airport found about eight kilometers from the city center of Alès, France, in the region of Occitanie. This airport handles the majority of the passenger traffic from the city of Alès and the neighboring town of Deaux, as well. It was assigned the International Air Transport Association (IATA) location identifier XAS and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) location identifier LFMS.
Best Time to Visit
The airport resides at an altitude of over 203 meters above the mean sea level. There is one runway in the area, labeled as 19/01 and spans to a length of almost 1,400 meters and a width of nearly 30 meters. If you’re visiting the city of Alès, do check out the neighboring towns of Brissac, Cazevielle, and Le Triadou, all of which are within an hour's drive from Alès-Deaux Airport.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Guests can find a huge array of accommodations to choose from around Alès-Deaux Airport. However, if you’re looking for the closest accommodation with convenient airport shuttles, you can check out La Bastide des Mûriers. This hotel is about a 15-minute walk from the airfield and features an in-house restaurant and bar and outdoor pool. You can also stay at Le Riche Hotel or the Campanile Ales Centre-Cevennes, which are both 5 miles from Alès-Deaux Airport and provide paid airport transfers as well.
Two other airports foundin the Occitanie region are Nîmes–Alès–Camargue–Cévennes Airport and Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport, which is an hour from XAS.