Toulouse – Lasbordes Airport Explained

Toulouse - Lasbordes Airport
Icao:LFCL
Type:Public
City-Served:Toulouse, France
Location:Balma, France
Elevation-F:460
Coordinates:43.5878°N 1.4986°W
Pushpin Map:France Haute-Garonne
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Label:LFCL
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Haute-Garonne department
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-M:950
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:16R/34L
R2-Length-M:350
R2-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: French AIP

Toulouse – Lasbordes Airport (French: Aéroport de Toulouse - Lasbordes) is a small non-commercial airport in the commune of Balma, situated 4km (02miles) east of the city center of Toulouse, both located in the Haute-Garonne department of the Midi-Pyrénées region in southwest France.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 460feet above mean sea level. It has a 950x asphalt runway for light airplanes and a 350x grass strip for microlights. The runways are located very close to the large highway surrounding Toulouse.

From the air, the airport is easily found by looking for a large upright Ariane space rocket located in Cité de l'espace (Space Museum) on the opposite side of the motorway.

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