Amiens – Glisy Aerodrome

Amiens - Glisy Aerodrome
Aérodrome d'Amiens - Glisy
IATA: QAM – ICAO: LFAY
Amiens - Glisy
Location of airport in France
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator CCI d’Amiens
Serves Amiens
Location Glisy, Somme, France
Elevation AMSL 208 ft / 63 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,300 4,265 Asphalt
12R/30L 900 2,953 Grass
Sources: AIP[1], UAF[2], DAFIF[3][4]

Amiens – Glisy Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome d'Amiens - Glisy[2]) (IATA: QAM[2][4], ICAO: LFAY) is an airport serving Amiens, the capital city of the Somme department in the Picardy (Picardie) region of France. The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) east-southeast of Amiens, in Glisy.[1]

The airport is used for general aviation, with no commercial airline service.

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History

During World War II the airport was used by the German Luftwaffe during the occupation of France. It was attacked by the United States Army Air Force on several occasions in the spring of 1944. Later, it was liberated by the British Second Army in August 1944.

The airfield was then used by the Americans as a troop carrier and transport airfield flying C-47 Skytrain aircraft. It was known as Amiens/Glisy Airfield or Advanced Landing Ground B-48. Units that were assigned to the airfield were the 315th Troop Carrier Group (12AF) and 1st Troop Carrier Pathfinder Squadron (Provisional) (9th AF). It was also the headquarters of the Twelfth Air Force 52d Troop Carrier Wing. [5]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 208 feet (63 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,300 by 25 metres (4,265 × 82 ft). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with an grass surface measuring 900 by 100 metres (2,953 × 328 ft).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c LFAY – Amiens Glisy (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 Mar 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d (French) Aérodrome d'Amiens - Glisy (QAM / LFAY) at Union des Aéroports Français
  3. ^ Airport information for LFAY from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  4. ^ a b Airport information for QAM at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  5. ^  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
    • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
    • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
    • Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

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