Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield Explained

Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield
Nativename:French: Aérodrome Fayence - Tourrettes
Icao:LFMF
Type:Public
Owner-Oper:Association Aéronautique Provence Côte d'Azur (AAPCA)
Location:Fayence / Tourrettes, France
Elevation-F:738
Elevation-M:225
Coordinates:43.6081°N 6.7017°W
Website:www.aapca.net
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:10R/28L
R1-Length-M:830
R1-Length-F:2,723
R1-Surface:Grass
R2-Number:10L/28R
R2-Length-M:785
R2-Length-F:2,575
R2-Surface:Grass
R3-Number:32
R3-Length-M:650
R3-Length-F:2,132
R3-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: French AIP

Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield (French: Aérodrome Fayence - Tourrettes) is a small airfield located 1.5km (00.9miles) south of Fayence and Tourrettes, both communes of the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.

History

On 13 June 1940, 12 Italian fighters FIAT CR.42, from 151° Gruppo of 53° Stormo, of Regia Aeronautica, attacked the airfield, destroying several aircraft on the ground.[1]

Nowadays, it is home to a large gliding club, the Association Aéronautique Provence Côte d'Azur (AAPCA) and to one microlight school. Runway 10L has two small tarmac landing strips for the exclusive use of gliders.

References

  1. Skulski 2007, p. 20.

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