Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (French: Aéroport de Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne) (IATA: CFE, ICAO: LFLC) is an airport serving the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. It is located 6.7 km (3.6 nautical miles) east of the city, in Aulnat, both communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne region of France, in the middle of France. It is the main airport of the Auvergne region, the others are Aurillac Airport and Le-Puy-en-Velay Airport. In 2013, the airport handled 416,600 passengers making it the 29th busiest airport in France.
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport Aéroport de Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | CCI de Clermont-Ferrand / Issoire | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,090 ft / 332 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°47′09″N 003°09′45″E / 45.78583°N 3.16250°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | clermont-aeroport.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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  LFLC Location of airport in Auvergne region  LFLC LFLC (France) | |||||||||||||||||||
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History
editIn 1916 the first hard runway was built on this site (now runway 08/26), the first terminal would open at the airport in 1937. The terminal had a size 200m². In 1975 the runway was extended to its current 3,015 m. A year later in 1976 the airport had a category 3 ILS system installed.[2] The current terminal was built in 1992.
The airport used to be the hub of Regional Airlines, an important regional airline in France. [citation needed] Regional Airlines was bought by Air France in 2000 and Air France moved Regional's hub (now Hop!) to the airport of Lyon St Exupéry, about a hundred kilometers away.
Over 1 million passengers went to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport in 2002, with more than 30 destinations in France and in Europe. More recently, there were only 14 destinations at the airport and 400,295 passengers in 2015.
Facilities
editThe airport resides at an elevation of 1,090 feet (332 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 08/26 which measures 3,015 by 45 metres (9,892 ft × 148 ft), plus two grass runways: one parallel to 08/26 which measures 909 by 50 metres (2,982 ft × 164 ft) and one designated 01/19 which measures 705 by 60 metres (2,313 ft × 197 ft).[3] The passenger terminal is 17,600 square metres (189,000 sq ft) large.
Ground Transport
editThe train station serving Aulnat also serves the airport and is therefore named Aulnat-Aéroport.
Airlines and destinations
editPassenger
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Clermont-Ferrand:[4]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Corsica | Seasonal: Ajaccio |
| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle[5] Seasonal: Bastia, Figari, Nice[6] |
| Ryanair | Porto Seasonal: Fez[7] |
Cargo
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Magma Aviation[8] | Dakar–Diass |
Statistics
editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Incidents
edit- On 28 December 1971, Vickers Viscount F-BOEA of Air Inter was damaged beyond economic repair when it departed the runway on a training flight during a simulated failure of #4 engine.[9]
- On 27 October 1972, Air Inter Flight 696Y, Vickers Viscount 724 F-BMCH, en route from Lyon to Clermont-Ferrand, crashed 4 km west of Noirétable during bad weather; 60 on board died, 8 survived. The subsequent investigation determined that the accident was caused by the flight crew's failure to notice that their plane's radio compass had shifted 180 degrees, most likely the result of electrical discharges in the rainstorm they were flying through. The crew may have followed the erroneous reading as they attempted to fly an approach pattern using Clermont-Ferrand's non-directional beacon (NDB). The aircraft descended too early and struck a mountain 44 km (27 mi) east of the airport.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Aéroport Clermont Ferrand".
- ^ LFLC – CLERMONT FERRAND AUVERGNE. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 31 October 2024.
- ^ clermont-aeroport.com - Destination map Archived 2017-08-01 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ "Air France NW22 Paris CDG Europe Frequency Variations – 23OCT22". Aeroroutes.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Air France S20 Short-Haul Network additions as of 28JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22". Aeroroutes.
- ^ magmaaviation.com - network retrieved 9 November 2020
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
External links
edit- Airport website
- Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (official site - corporate) (in French)
- Aéroport de Clermont-Ferrand - Auvergne (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
- Accident history for CFE at Aviation Safety Network