Aix-en-Provence Aerodrome explained

Aix-en-Provence Aerodrome
Icao:LFMA
Type:Public
Operator:CCI Marseille Provence
City-Served:Aix-en-Provence
Location:Les Milles, France
Elevation-F:368
Elevation-M:112
Coordinates:43.5053°N 5.3672°W
Pushpin Map:France
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Label:LFMA
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in France
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-M:1,600
R1-Length-F:5,249
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources: French AIP, UAF[1] DAFIF[2]

Aix-en-Provence Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome d'Aix-en-Provence), also known as Aix les Milles Airport (Aéroport Aix les Milles), is an airport serving Aix-en-Provence, a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It is located 6km (04miles) west-southwest of Aix-en-Provence, in the village of Les Milles.

It formerly served as a military air base, known as Base Aerienne 114 d'Aix Les Milles.[3] A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university) is also located at the aerodrome.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 368feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 1600mx30mm (5,200feetx100feetm).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aérodrome d'Aix-en-Provence (QXB / LFMA) . . 13 May 2010 . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100129152937/http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/aix-en-provence.php . 29 January 2010 .
  2. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. Historique de la Base Aerienne 114 d'Aix Les Milles