Calais–Dunkerque Airport () is an

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located in Marck, east-northeast of

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, in the

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department in the

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. The airport also serves

Dunkerque Dunkirk ( ; ; ; Picard language, Picard: ''Dunkèke''; ; or ) is a major port city in the Departments of France, department of Nord (French department), Nord in northern France. It lies from the Belgium, Belgian border. It has the third-larg ...

(a commune in the Nord department).

History

In the 1950s and early 1960s, the airport was busy with cross-channel service, including car ferry flights, by private airlines such as Silver City Airways and Channel Air Bridge, later merged into British United Air Ferries. On 9 July 2015, the Airbus E-Fan landed at Calais–Dunkerque Airport after a flight from

Lydd Airport London Ashford Airport is east of the town of Lydd and south of Ashford, Kent, Ashford in the district of Folkestone and Hythe (District), Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent, England. Originally named Lydd Ferryfield, it is now also known as Lon ...

. Initially this was claimed as the first electric aircraft to cross the

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, but it has since been pointed out that there were previous such flights, including one as long ago as 1981.

Statistics

Facilities

The airport is at an

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of above

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. It has one paved

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designated 06/24 which measures .

References

External links

Aéroport Grand Calais
* * Airports in Hauts-de-France

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