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.

Contents

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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