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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↑,→ 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
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Aviation weather for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
METAR for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
LFRK 091430Z AUTO 20013KT CAVOK 15/10 Q1007 TEMPO 19020G35KT 4000 RA BKN012
Decoded METAR for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
METAR issued by LFRK on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 14:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 16 hours and 39 minutes ago.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 15°C = 59°F, dew point is 10°C = 50°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 72 %.
QNH is 1007hPa = 29.74inHg
Wind 24km/h = 13kt, direction is 200°.
Sky clear.
Temporarily 19020G35KT 4000 rain broken at 012
TAF for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
LFRK 091400Z 0915/0924 19015G25KT CAVOK PROB40 TEMPO 0915/0918 19020G35KT PROB40 TEMPO 0916/0922 4000 RA BKN012 PROB30 TEMPO 0918/0921 BKN007
Decoded TAF for Caen-Carpiquet airport LFRK CFR
TAF issued by LFRK on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 14:00 UTC, issued 17 hours and 9 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
0915/0924 19015G25KT 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 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 190°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 0915/0918 19020G35KT
wind 20kt = 37km/h with gusts at 35kt = 65km/h, direction is 190°
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 22:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 0916/0922 4000 RA BKN012
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
rain
broken at 1200ft = 370m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 0918/0921 BKN007
broken at 700ft = 210m
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
- Le Havre Octeville airport (LFOH LEH ) at 35mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- La Ferme Saint Siméon heliport ( FR-0147) at 35mi↑
- Centre Hospitalier heliport ( FR-0140) at 35mi↑
- Hopital Jacques Monod heliport ( FR-0156) at 37mi↑
→ 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