Coulommiers Airfield
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Coulommiers - Voisins Aerodrome Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-58 Aérodrome de Coulommiers - Voisins |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Aéroports de Paris | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Coulommiers, France | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 470 ft / 143 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°50′15″N 003°00′52″E / 48.83750°N 3.01444°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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Coulommiers – Voisins Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome de Coulommiers - Voisins) (ICAO: LFPK) is an airport serving Coulommiers in France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department, 5 km (2.7 NM) west-northwest of Coulommiers. It is also 34 miles (55 km) west of Paris.
The airport supports general aviation with no scheduled service from commercial airlines.
The airport resides at an elevation of 470 feet (143 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 09C/27C which measures 1,400 by 20 metres (4,593 ft × 66 ft). It also has two parallel grass runways: 09L/27R measuring 650 by 50 metres (2,133 ft × 164 ft) and 09R/27L measuring 660 by 80 metres (2,165 ft × 262 ft).
Coulommiers Airport has its direct origins in 1938 when the French Armée de l'Air established the base. French aviation had been ongoing in the area as far back as early balloon flights by the De Montgolfier brothers in 1783 and various glider and other aeronautical experiments in the 19th Century. The battles of the Marne were fought in the region during World War I, and numerous French and German aircraft were in the area.
The Armée de l'Air had stationed GC III/6 and GC III/7 at the airfield; GC III/6 was equipped with single-engine Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighters and GC III/7 with Bloch MB.220 fighters. With the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, additional squadrons of both French and Royal Air Force aircraft were assigned to Coulommiers, including RAF Supermarine Spitfires; various reconnaissance aircraft, and Dewoitine D.520 (GC I/3). Combat forces from the airfield fought in the Battle of France during May and June 1940, until the final armistice with Germany of 20 June.
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