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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Calais-Dunkerque Airport
Calais–Dunkerque Airport (French: Aéroport de Calais - Dunkerque) (IATA: CQF, ICAO: LFAC) is an airport located in Marck, 7 km (4 mi) east-northeast of Calais, in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The airport also serves Dunkerque (a commune in the Nord department).

History

In the 1950s and early 1960s, the airport was busy with cross-channel service, including car ferry flights, by private airlines such as Silver City Airways and Channel Air Bridge, later merged into British United Air Ferries.

On 9 July 2015, the Airbus E-Fan landed at Calais–Dunkerque Airport after a flight from Lydd Airport. Initially this was claimed as the first electric aircraft to cross the English Channel, but it has since been pointed out that there were previous such flights, including one as long ago as 1981.

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at CQF airport. See Wikidata query.

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 12 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 06/24 which measures 1,535 by 45 metres (5,036 ft × 148 ft).

References

  1. ^ LFAC – Calais Dunkerque. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ (in French) Aéroport de Calais - Dunkerque (CQF / LFAC) Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine at Union des Aéroports Français
  3. ^ "Electric Shock: Rival Pilots Claim Channel First". Sky News. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Did Duwal Beat Airbus Across the Channel?". AVweb. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. ^ Bertorelli, Paul (9 July 2015). "Airbus' Asterisked Record". AVweb. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ^ "First Electric-Powered Channel Flight Was 34 Years Ago". AVweb. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.


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