Merville–Calonne Airport

Merville - Calonne Airport
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-53
Aéroport de Merville - Calonne
IATA: HZBICAO: LFQT
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Merville, Nord, France
Location Calonne-sur-la-Lys
Elevation AMSL 61 ft / 19 m
Coordinates 50°37′00″N 002°38′24″E / 50.61667°N 2.64000°E / 50.61667; 2.64000Coordinates: 50°37′00″N 002°38′24″E / 50.61667°N 2.64000°E / 50.61667; 2.64000
Map
LFQT

Location of airport in France

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 1,840 6,037 Asphalt
04R/22L 1,000 3,281 Grass
Sources: French AIP,[1] UAF[2]

Merville – Calonne Airport (IATA: HZB, ICAO: LFQT) is a regional airport in France. It is located 3 km (2 miles) south of Merville,[1] in the Nord department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. The airport supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.

History

Originally built by Germans as a Luftwaffe airfield (Fliegerhorst Merville) as part of the defensed of the Pas de Calais area. Later converted by USAAF engineers into an allied airfield. The airport was used by the British Royal Air Force as Advanced Landing Ground B-53 Merville.

Airfield has numerous wartime relics, including many bunkers.

Runways

The airport has two runways oriented north-south (04/22):

Services

The airfield is controlled and has an Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS). Communication is the frequency of 127.900 MHz for the ATIS, 126.475 MHz or 120.275 MHz for the approach, 119.075 MHz for the tower and 121.675 MHz for the ground. It is approved for visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR).

Addition services include: a 9,540 square metres (102,688 sq ft) parking area, a 195 square metres (2,099 sq ft) terminal, a fuel (100LL and Jet A-1) and lubricant supply station; and a restaurant.

Activities

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