Melun Villaroche Aerodrome
French airport
Paris Villaroche (Melun) Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome de Paris Villaroche (Melun)) (ICAO: LFPM) is an aerodrome located 8.5 km (4.6 NM) north of Melun, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi) east-southeast of Moissy-Cramayel and 34 km (21 mi) southeast of Paris.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 93 m (305 ft) above mean sea level. It has two paved runways: 10/28 measuring 1,975 by 45 metres (6,480 ft × 148 ft) and 01/19 measuring 1,300 by 30 metres (4,265 ft × 98 ft).
It supports business aviation and general aviation with no scheduled commercial airline service. The airport is equipped for VFR (visual) or IFR (instrument). Its control tower, equipped with radar, also provides air traffic control at low altitude in a large area of north-east to south-west of the Paris region. Both runways are still in use, the north–south 01/19 being reduced in length, and the east–west 10/28 extended for use by jet aircraft. Modern navigational aids are available and the facility is well maintained with a large airpark and a significant number of hangars.
The Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile, the French air accident investigation agency, has facilities at Melun Aerodrome.
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