Fact sheet

CAEN CARPIQUET AIRPORT                                                                 

Airport opening hours

Monday to Friday       5:00am to 10:00pm

Saturdays                   5:00am to 8:00pm 

Sundays                     9:00am to 10:00 m

                                 (with extended opening

                                 hours available) 

Extended opening hours are possible from Monday to Friday on request depending on opening hours.

Customs services available upon request within 24 hours by email : Click here to obtain du customs request sheet 

Airport level 6 classification  

For 24 hour French weather forecast connect to :  www.meteo.fr

Sale desk opening hours

  

From Monday to Friday              8h00 am > 6h45 pm

Saturday                                       9h00 am > 12h00 am  &  2h15 pm > 6h00 pm

Sunday and Bank holidays      2h15 pm  > 6h45 pm

                                                                  

GPS Location

• 8 km west of Caen
• Latitude: 49°10' North
• Longitude: 00°27' West
• Altitude: 78 metres

Airport ground handling

• Our ground handling service is available during business hours and outside business hours our staff at Caen Airport is at your service upon request. 

Handling Equipment

• 4 height adjusted gateways (max. height 4.5 metres)
• GPU ASU tri-tension starting groups 
• Trailers - tow bars (for Beechcraft)

Fuel

• Avgas 100 LL: 50 000 litre tank 
• BP JET A1: 2 tanks of 100,000 litre each 
• JET A: 20,000 litre fuel vehicle

Services are assured by Caen Airport Normandy SAS.

 

NAVIGATION

Air traffic control tower frequency: 134525

• Airport infrastructure (2 criss-cross runways)

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Runway 1

• Orientation: 13/31
• Length: 1900 m
• Width: 45 m
• Surface: Tarmac
• Landing aids ILS: Cat. I
• HI - PAPI runway lights + flashing approach lights

Runway 2

• Orientation: 05/23
• Length: 1180 m
• Width: 30 m
• Surface: Tarmac

Secondary runway

• Orientation: 05/23
• Length: 650 m
• Width: 50 m
• Surface: grass

• Orientation: 13/31
• Length: 850 m
• Width: 50 m
• Surface: grass

Taxiways

• A 15m wide taxiway, perpendicular to the threshold of runway 13, leads directly to the final facilities and includes flash lighting.
• Another taxiway was built perpendicular to the main runway facing the first and joining the west side.