FR-0567

Omaha Beach Airfield

49.3532°N 0.8431°W62 m / 203 ftSmall airport
On the map

Omaha Beach Airfield is a small airport in Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France. It opened in Jun 1944. It closed in Aug 1944. It has one runway, 300 m (984 ft) long, grass. It is operated by United States Army Air Forces.

Timeline

2 events · 1944–1944
JUN 1944
OpenedOmaha Beach Airfield opens.
AUG 1944
ClosedOmaha Beach Airfield closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
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LENGTH300 m984 ftWIDTH20 m65 ftSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway300 m984 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=29,470of 29,823 · =3,053 Europe · =441 FRElevation62 m203 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,763of 43,341 · =4,297 Europe · =992 FRAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =702 Europe · =83 FRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =121 FR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record