Avignon–Provence Airport
airport
Avignon–Provence Airport (French: Aéroport Avignon Provence; Occitan: Aeroport Avinhon Provença, IATA: AVN, ICAO: LFMV) is an airport located in the city of Avignon and 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Caumont-sur-Durance, in the Vaucluse department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 38 metres (125 ft) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 17/35 which measures 1,880 by 45 metres (6,168 ft × 148 ft). It also has two parallel grass runways: 17R/35L measuring 700 by 50 metres (2,297 ft × 164 ft) and 17L/35R measuring 250 by 20 metres (820 ft × 66 ft). The shorter grass runway is for use by ultralight aircraft.
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References
External links
Media related to Avignon airport at Wikimedia Commons
Aéroport d'Avignon-Provence (official site) (in French)
Caravelle Guyane (official site) (in French)
Aéroport d'Avignon (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
Aeronautical chart and airport information for LFMV at SkyVector
"Current weather for LFMV".
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