Carcassonne Airport

Carcassonne Airport
Aéroport de Carcassonne
IATA: CCFICAO: LFMK
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Transdev
Serves Carcassonne, France
Elevation AMSL 434 ft / 132 m
Coordinates 43°12′57″N 002°18′31″E / 43.21583°N 2.30861°E / 43.21583; 2.30861Coordinates: 43°12′57″N 002°18′31″E / 43.21583°N 2.30861°E / 43.21583; 2.30861
Website carcassonne.aeroport.fr
Maps

Location of Languedoc-Roussillon region in France
LFMK

Location of airport in Languedoc-Roussillon region

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,050 6,726 Asphalt
10L/28R 800 2,625 Grass
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 413,724
Passenger Change 13-14 Decrease4.4%
Sources: French AIP,[1] UAF,[2] DAFIF[3][4]

Carcassonne Airport (French: Aéroport de Carcassonne) (IATA: CCF, ICAO: LFMK) is an airport serving Carcassonne and the south of Languedoc. The airport is located on the western edge of the city, 3 km (2 nautical miles) from the city center, in the Aude department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region in France. It is also known as Salvaza Airport,[3] Carcassonne Salvaza Airport[1] or Carcassonne Airport in Pays Cathare (Aéroport de Carcassonne en Pays Cathare).[2] The airport handles commercial national and international flights as well as private, non-regular air traffic.

History

In the late 1990s the airport started taking budget flights to and from European airports and in 2006 had regular flight connections with Dublin, Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands and Charleroi.

In 2011, the airport served 368,000 passengers.

Facilities

The airport sits at an elevation of 434 feet (132 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated which measures 2,050 by 45 metres (6,726 ft × 148 ft). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a grass surface measuring 800 by 30 metres (2,625 ft × 98 ft).[1] It can cater for aircraft operating under VFR.

A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is also located at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Atlas Atlantique Airlines Algiers (begins 22 June 2016), Oran[5]
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum
Seasonal: Alicante (resumes 25 July 2016)
Ryanair Charleroi, Dublin, London-Stansted, Manchester
Seasonal: Cork (resumes 1 June 2016), East Midlands, Glasgow, Porto

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