Carcassonne Airport
| Carcassonne Airport Aéroport de Carcassonne |
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IATA: CCF – ICAO: LFMK
 Carcassonne
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | CCI Carcassonne Limoux Castelnaudary | ||
| Serves | Carcassonne, France | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 434 ft / 132 m | ||
| Coordinates | 43°12′57″N 002°18′31″E / 43.21583°N 2.30861°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 10/28 | 2,050 | 6,726 | Asphalt |
| 10L/28R | 800 | 2,625 | Grass |
| 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 mi) from the city center, in the Aude department. 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. It can cater for aircraft operating under VFR.
In the late 1990s the airport started taking budget flights to and from European airports and in 2006 had regular flight connections with Dublin, Shannon, Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands and Charleroi.
In 2010, the airport served 392,940 passengers.
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[edit] Facilities
The airport resides 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 × 148 ft). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a grass surface measuring 800 by 30 metres (2,625 × 98 ft).[1]
[edit] Airlines and scheduled destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ryanair | Brussels South-Charleroi, Dublin, Liverpool, London-Stansted Seasonal: Billund [begins 22 March], Bournemouth [Begins 26 March 2012], Cork, East Midlands, Glasgow-Prestwick, Porto |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c LFMK – CARCASSONNE SALVAZA (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 12 Jan 2012.
- ^ a b (French) Aéroport de Carcassonne en Pays Cathare at Union des Aéroports Français
- ^ a b Airport information for LFMK from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for CCF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
[edit] External links
- Carcassonne Airport, official site (English)
- Aéroport de Carcassonne en Pays Cathare, official site (French)
- Current weather for LFMK at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for CCF at Aviation Safety Network
