Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport

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Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport
Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus
IATA: CER – ICAO: LFRC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator CCI de Cherbourg Cotentin
Serves Cherbourg-Octeville
Location Maupertus-sur-Mer
Elevation AMSL 459 ft / 140 m
Coordinates 49°39′03″N 001°28′31″W / 49.65083, -1.47528
Website www.aeroport-cherbourg.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,440 8,005 Asphalt
Source: French AIP[1]

Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport or Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus (IATA: CER, ICAO: LFRC) is an airport located 11 km east of Cherbourg-Octeville,[1] between Maupertus-sur-Mer and Gonneville. These are all communes of the Manche département in the Basse-Normandie région of France.

It has one runway, Runway 10/28. It is 2440 metres long and is covered in asphalt. There are six bays, numbered N1 through N6. There is one scheduled flight a day from Paris to Jersey via Cherbourg.

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[edit] History

The airport was built by the United States for NATO, during the period when France was still a participating member of NATO. When France pulled out of the NATO central command structure, the airport was abandoned.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b French AIP for Cherbourg Maupertus (LFRC) PDF

[edit] External links

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