Calais–Dunkerque Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Calais–Dunkerque Airport

| nativename = {{smaller|{{lang|fr|Aéroport de Calais - Dunkerque}}}}

| image =

| IATA = CQF

| ICAO = LFAC

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Communauté d’agglomération du Calaisis

| city-served = Calais / Dunkerque

| location = Marck, Pas-de-Calais, France

| elevation-f = 12

| elevation-m = 4

| coordinates = {{coord|50|57|39|N|001|57|05|E|region:FR_type:airport|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| image_map = Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region locator map.svg

| image_map_caption = Location of Hauts-de-France region in France

| pushpin_map = France Hauts-de-France

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Hauts-de-France region

| pushpin_label = LFAC

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 06/24

| r1-length-m = 1,535

| r1-length-f = 5,036

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Sources: French AIP,{{AIP_FR|LFAC|name=Calais Dunkerque}} UAF,{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/calais-dunkerque.php Aéroport de Calais - Dunkerque (CQF / LFAC)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323044636/http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/calais-dunkerque.php |date=2010-03-23 }} at Union des Aéroports Français

}}

Calais–Dunkerque Airport ({{langx|fr|Aéroport de Calais - Dunkerque}}) {{airport codes|CQF|LFAC}} is an airport located in Marck, {{convert|7|km|0|abbr=on}} east-northeast of Calais, in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The airport also serves Dunkerque (a commune in the Nord department).

History

In the 1950s and early 1960s, the airport was busy with cross-channel service, including car ferry flights, by private airlines such as Silver City Airways and Channel Air Bridge, later merged into British United Air Ferries.

On 9 July 2015, the Airbus E-Fan landed at Calais–Dunkerque Airport after a flight from Lydd Airport. Initially this was claimed as the first electric aircraft to cross the English Channel, but it has since been pointed out that there were previous such flights, including one as long ago as 1981.{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1516548/electric-shock-rival-pilots-claim-channel-first|title=Electric Shock: Rival Pilots Claim Channel First|work=Sky News|accessdate=10 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Did-Duwal-Beat-Airbus-Across-the-Channel-224410-1.html|title=Did Duwal Beat Airbus Across the Channel?|work=AVweb|date=10 July 2015 |accessdate=10 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/Airbus-Asterisked-Record-224408-1.html|title=Airbus' Asterisked Record|last=Bertorelli|first=Paul|work=AVweb|date=9 July 2015 |accessdate=10 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/First-Electric-Powered-Channel-Flight-Was-34-Years-Ago-224415-1.html|title=First Electric-Powered Channel Flight Was 34 Years Ago|work=AVweb|date=12 July 2015 |accessdate=13 July 2015}}

Statistics

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of {{convert|12|ft|0}} above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 06/24 which measures {{convert|1535|x|45|m|0}}.

References

External links

[https://calais.aeroport.fr/ Aéroport Grand Calais]
{{NWS-current|LFAC}}
{{ASN|CQF}}

Category:Airports in Hauts-de-France

Airport

Category:Transport in Pas-de-Calais

Category:Buildings and structures in Pas-de-Calais