Orléans – Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Airport explained

Orléans - Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Airport
Iata:ORE[1]
Icao:LFOZ
Type:Public
Owner:SMAEDAOL (Syndicat mixte pour l'aménagement et l'exploitation de la desserte aérienne de l'Ouest du Loiret)
City-Served:Orléans, France
Location:Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel
Elevation-F:396
Coordinates:47.8975°N 2.1642°W
Image Map Caption:Location of Centre-Val de Loire region in France
Pushpin Map:France Centre
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Centre-Val de Loire region
Pushpin Label:LFOZ
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:05/23
R1-Length-M:1,392
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:05R/23L
R2-Length-M:1,060
R2-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: French AIP

Orléans – Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Airport is a French airport located in the Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel commune in the Loiret département, Centre-Val de Loire region, France

Geography

The airport is on the northern part of the commune of Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, in the Loire Valley, north of the Loire river and south of the Orléans forest. It is located on the Zone des Quatre-Vents, at the end of the rue de l'industrie, north of Jargeau, 22km (14miles) east of Orléans, 49km (30miles) west of Montargis and 117km (73miles) south of Paris. The access by the Tangentielle d'Orléans (Route nationale 60) is via exit #13 (ST Denis de L'H ; Jargeau; Fay aux Loges ; AERODROME), towards route départementale 921.

Nearest SNCF railway stations: Orléans and Les Aubrais-Orléans.

Facilities

The airport is situated at an elevation of 396feet above mean sea level. It has two runways: 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 1392mx30mm (4,567feetx100feetm) and a parallel grass runway measuring 1060mx80mm (3,480feetx260feetm). The paved runway has lighting (HI - PAPI - feux à éclats EN 23). The terminal is 150m2 in size and the aircraft hangar area is 8930m2.

Activities

The airport essentially serves business aircraft and freight, though tourist aviation also contributes a significant part of the traffic. In 2007, passengers were lifted, and 13300kg (29,300lb) of postal parcels were sent. Associations practising skydiving, model aircraft and gliding are also on site. An OPALE weather station is also there.A new Helicopter Airline company is now available on the airfield. Helisphere.Also a Luxury Inflight Catering Company, Oz Operations, is now based on LFOZ airport.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search. IATA. 6 April 2016.

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