Le Touquet – Côte d'Opale Airport

Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport
Aéroport de Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale
IATA: LTQICAO: LFAT
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Société d'economie mixte de l'aéroport du Touquet (SEMAT)
Serves Le Touquet, France
Elevation AMSL 21 ft / 6 m
Website aeroport-letouquet.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 1,850 6,069 Paved
Source: French AIP[1]

Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport (French: Aéroport de Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale) (IATA: LTQICAO: LFAT) is 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) east-southeast of Le Touquet[1], a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. It is on Côte d'Opale, the northern coast of France

The passenger terminal is open from 09:00-20:00 hours. Only Lydd Air operates a scheduled service, to Lydd. There are three flying clubs most of them also give flying lessons; two of them are helicopter schools and clubs.

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Airlines and destinations

The hijacked Aer Lingus Flight 164 landed in Le Touqet on October 15, 1970.

Scheduled services

Airlines↓ Destinations
Lydd Air Lydd, Oxford(Charter)

Flight school & clubs

Popularity

Le Touquet has been a very popular hot spot for UK pilots as one of their first landings on non-UK soil, which makes it a popular destination for fly-outs for flying clubs.

In Media

Le Touquet airport is featured in the Microsoft Flight Simulator X mission Blind Across The Channel, in which the player flies a Cessna 172 from Manston Airport in Kent, UK on a foggy day using IFR.

References

  1. ^ a b LFAT – LE TOUQUET PARIS PLAGE (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 Mar 2012.

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