Montmédy-Marville Airport
| Aérodrome de Montmédy-Marville | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
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| Height above MSL | 277 m (909 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 3 miles west of Marville | ||
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D 905
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| Basic data | |||
| opening | April 1, 1955 | ||
| surface | 260 hectares | ||
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| 12/30 | 2900 m × 45 m asphalt | ||
The Aérodrome de Montmédy-Marville is an airport of general aviation , it is in the region of Grand Est in the department of Meuse on the western edge of the territory of the municipality of Marville about 30 kilometers north of Verdun . The airfield was used as a military airfield during the Cold War .
history
Montmédy-Marville Airfield is a former Canadian and French military airfield.
RCAF Marville Station
After the beginning of the Korean War , NATO began planning to strengthen its air force stationed in Europe. In October 1952, construction work began on a 315 hectare military airfield between Marville and Montmédy .
In the spring of 1955, the 1st (Fighter) Wing Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) moved from its temporary base RAF North Luffenham in Central England to its new home base, the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Marville ( RCAF Station Marville for short ) in northern Lorraine. The (fighter) squadron was subordinate to three flying squadrons, the 410th , 439th and 441st Squadron . They flew Saber Mk.5 day fighters. In addition, the squadron flew some CT-133s . The squadron was in turn subordinate to the 1st Canadian Air Division .
The 410th Squadron was deactivated in early October 1956 and replaced one month later by the 445th Squadron equipped with all-weather fighters of the type CF-100 Mk.4B .
This squadron was deactivated in late 1962 and in the spring of 1964 the two remaining squadrons were converted to the reconnaissance version of the CF-104 . At the end of March 1964, 109 Communications Flight, previously stationed in Grostenquin , came as the third flying unit with its C-47 to Marville.
After the French President de Gaulle announced in March 1966 that he would leave the military structure of NATO, the 1st Squadron relocated in March 1967 to the previously French base in Lahr in Baden .
Reuse
Initially, the French Armée de l'air used Base Aérienne Marville-Montmédy for some time for training purposes. Two hangars were transferred to the Étain-Rouvres airfield in 1970 , while the northern ones were still used by the military until 2002.
As early as 1980, an industrial area was built on another part of the property and an ultralight aircraft club was established there. Every now and then major events took place.
The Montmédy district acquired the site from the French state in 2006 with the aim of offering a civil airfield, the Aérodrome de Montmédy-Marville , for general aviation with an attached aeronautical industrial area. The ultralight aircraft used part of the previously closed main runway, while the general aviation aircraft used the western part of the runway running parallel to the southwest.