Rouen airport

Aéroport Rouen Vallée de Seine
Characteristics
ICAO code	LFOP
IATA code	URO
Coordinates	49 ° 23 '27 " N , 1 ° 11' 2" E Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '27 " N , 1 ° 11' 2" E
Height above MSL	156 m (512 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 km southwest of Rouen
Basic data
surface	150 ha
Terminals	1
Passengers	11,284 (2019)
Flight ; movements	491 (2019)
Capacity ; ( PAX per year)	100,000
Start-and runway
04/22	1700 m × 45 m asphalt

The Rouen Airport (Aéroport Rouen Vallee de Seine) is located in the town of Boos in the Seine-Maritime department in France . It is open from 5:30 am to 10:00 pm.

History (second world war)

During the western campaign of the German Wehrmacht , the air force also used the Boos-Rouen airfield. In May / June 1940 Bf 110 von Stab, I. and III. Group of Destroyer Wing 26 and Group I of Destroyer Wing 1 and, in mid-June 1940, also briefly Bf 109 from the staff of Jagdgeschwader 51 and Group I of Jagdgeschwader 21 .

Technology at the airport

JET A1 and AvGas can be refueled at the airport . A maximum of 100,000 passengers can be handled annually on an area of 200 m². The freight capacity is 20,000 t on 2,000 m². ILS Cat I is available. VASIS and AVASIS are available

Flight connections

The airport is served by Air France . Flight destinations are Lyon and Ajaccio .

Transport links

There is a regular bus service from the airport to Rouen . Taxis are also available at the airport terminal.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Bulletin statistiquetrafic aérien commercial - Année 2019. In: ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr. Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire, accessed on June 7, 2020 (French).

[statistik-1] Bulletin statistiquetrafic aérien commercial - Année 2019. In: ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr. Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire, accessed on June 7, 2020 (French).