Châlons Vatry Airport
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Châlons Vatry Airport (IATA: XCR, ICAO: LFOK) is a minor
international airport serving Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly
Châlons-sur-Marne) in northeastern France. It is located 22 km (14
mi) southeast of Châlons-en-Champagne, near Vatry, in the Marne
department. It opened as Vatry Air Base in 1953 and switched from
military to civilian use in 2000.
For freight operations, it is marketed as Vatry Europort and gave
its name to the former communauté de communes de l'Europort. For
passenger traffic, it is also unofficially marketed as Paris-Vatry
or Paris-Vatry (Disney), although it is 147 km (91 mi) east of
downtown Paris and approximately 105 km (65 mi) away from
Disneyland Paris.
The airport is 586 ft (179 m) above mean sea level. It has a
concrete surface runway designated 10/28 which measures 12,664 ft
× 148 ft (3,860 x 45 m).
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Atlantique Airlines and
Ryanair are offer schedule commercial flights from this Airport.
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