# Omaha Beach Airfield, Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-0567

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Army Air Forces
- Serves: Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France
- Opened: Jun 1944
- Closed: Aug 1944
- Elevation: 62 m / 203 ft
- Coordinates: 49.3532, -0.8431
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 300 m / 984 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Paris
- Website: https://lf1456.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleville-sur-Mer_Airfield (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4646863
- Weather station: LFRK · WMO 07027
- Ident: FR-0567

## Timeline

- Jun 1944: Omaha Beach Airfield opens.
- Aug 1944: Omaha Beach Airfield closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 300 m / 984 ft | 20 m / 65 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 300 m / 984 ft | =29,503 of 29,858 | =3,066 in Europe | =441 in FR |
| Elevation | 62 m / 203 ft | =33,816 of 43,403 | =4,303 in Europe | =992 in FR |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =702 in Europe | =83 in FR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =121 in FR |

## Nearby airports

- [FR-1232](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-1232.md) Mosles Airfield · 6.3 km / 3.9 mi
- [FR-0444](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-0444.md) Courseulles-sur-Mer Ultralight Airfield · 29 km / 18 mi
- [CFR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrk.md) Caen Carpiquet airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [LFOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfom.md) Lessay Airfield · 51 km / 32 mi
- [CER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrc.md) Cherbourg Manche airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [FR-0568](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-0568.md) Rouvres Airfield · 60 km / 37 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-0567/data