Le Luc - Le Cannet Airport Base école Général Lejay |
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IATA: none – ICAO: LFMC | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Military | ||
Operator | Ministry of Defence | ||
Location | Le Luc, France | ||
Elevation AMSL | 265 ft / 81 m | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
m | ft | ||
13/31 | 1,399 | 4,590 | Paved |
09/27 | 800 | 2,625 | Paved |
Source: French AIP[1] |
Le Luc-Le Cannet Airport (ICAO: LFMC). located approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) east[1] of Le Luc, in the Var département, in Southern France.
This airport is used only for military aviation, with no commercial airline service aera.
It is also part of Base école Général Lejay, a French Army (Armée de Terre), a training facility for combat helicopters and various ground equipment.
Le Luc airport was built prior to World War II and was sized by Allied Forces during Operation Dragoon, the Invasion of Southern France in August 1944. After minimal repairs by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force XII Engineer Command, it was turned over for operations use by XII Fighter Command on 22 August. It was not given an Advanced Landing Ground designation. Known units assigned to the airfield were:
With the combat units moving quickly up into Eastern France, the airport was returned to French civil control on 13 September.[2]