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Caen-Carpiquet airport (France)
Runway 05/23 is no longer in service
Caen-Carpiquet airport is located near Caen, with Carpiquet at 0mi↑, Bretteville-sur-Odon at 2mi↑, Verson at 2mi↑, Fontaine-Étoupefour at 2mi↑, Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe at 2mi↑, Mouen at 2mi↑, Eterville at 2mi↑, Saint-Manvieu-Norrey at 2mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in France and Southernmost airports in France
→ See also airports in France
aerial view of Caen-Carpiquet airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LFRK
- IATA code : CFR
- Local code : -
Elevation : 78 m = 256ft
→ See also Highest airports in France and Lowest airports in France
Runways
- runway 13/31 : 1900m = 6234ft
- runway 05/23 : 1180m = 3871ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in France
Coming to Caen-Carpiquet airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on SNCF Connect
- Bretteville - Norrey train station at 4mi
- Caen train station at 5mi
- Audrieu train station at 7mi
By plane :
- Caen-Carpiquet airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Deauville-Saint-Gatien airport at 30mi : book on Trip.com
- Le Havre Octeville airport at 35mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
METAR for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
LFRK 162030Z AUTO 01007KT CAVOK 11/09 Q1023
Decoded METAR for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
METAR issued by LFRK on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 20:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 17 hours and 0 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 11°C = 52°F, dew point is 9°C = 48°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 87 %.
QNH is 1023hPa = 30.21inHg
Wind 13km/h = 7kt, direction is 10°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
LFRK 161400Z 1615/1624 02012KT CAVOK PROB40 TEMPO 1615/1617 02015G25KT BECMG 1618/1620 VRB05KT
Decoded TAF for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
TAF issued by LFRK on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 14:00 UTC, issued 23 hours and 30 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Friday, May 16, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Friday, May 16, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
1615/1624 02012KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 20°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Friday, May 16, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Friday, May 16, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 1615/1617 02015G25KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 20°
becoming from Friday, May 16, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Friday, May 16, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1618/1620 VRB05KT
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is °
VAC for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Caen-Carpiquet airport
Around Caen-Carpiquet airport (France)
near
- Hotels in Carpiquet
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 128mi↑
- Paris at 129mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 129mi↑
- Station de montagne Cap Guéry at 289mi↑
- Station de montagne Pessade at 290mi↑
- Station de montagne Chastreix Sancy at 293mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Mont Dore at 293mi↑
- Station de montagne Super Besse at 297mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 298mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 299mi↑
- Bordeaux at 299mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 300mi↑
- for Caen-Carpiquet airport at 0mi↑
- for Centre Hospitalie airport at 5mi↑
- for Courseulles sur mer airport at 10mi↑
nearest airports to Caen-Carpiquet airport (France)
- Centre Hospitalie heliport ( FR-0136) at 5mi↑
- Courseulles sur mer ultralight airfield ( FR-0444) at 10mi↑
- Courseulles sur Mer ultralight airfield ( LF1451) at 10mi↑
- Rouvres ultralight airfield ( LF1454) at 16mi↑
- Condé sur Noireau airport (LFAN ) at 20mi↑defunct airport
- Omaha Beachh ultralight airfield ( LF1456) at 22mi↑
- Falaise airport (LFAS ) at 22mi↑NOTAM
- ZTN Air ultralight airfield ( FR-0388) at 25mi↑defunct airport
- La Boissière ultralight airfield ( LF1452) at 27mi↑
- Flers Saint Paul airport (LFOG ) at 30mi↑NOTAM
- Hôpital de Saint-Lo heliport ( FR-0146) at 30mi↑
- Deauville-Saint-Gatien airport (LFRG DOL ) at 30mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in France
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap