# Châteauroux Déols airport (CHR / LFLX)

**Châteauroux Déols airport** (IATA: CHR, ICAO: LFLX) is a medium airport in Châteauroux, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It opened in 1936. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,483 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lflx

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CHR / LFLX
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Châteauroux, Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Opened: 1936
- Elevation: 161 m / 529 ft
- Coordinates: 46.8602, 1.7283
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,483 ft
- Passengers: 3,274 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Paris
- Website: https://chateauroux.aeroport.fr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teauroux-Centre_%22Marcel_Dassault%22_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431087
- Weather station: LFLX · WMO 07354
- Ident: LFLX

## Timeline

- 1936: Châteauroux Déols airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 033° / 213° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 2,572 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 4,924 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 4,664 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 3,959 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 5,612 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 5,470 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 8,530 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 7,966 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 4,535 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 689 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 894 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 3,274 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2022) | #3,039 of 3,974 | #618 in Europe | #65 in FR |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | =488 of 29,858 | =60 in Europe | =9 in FR |
| Elevation | 161 m / 529 ft | =26,612 of 43,403 | =2,614 in Europe | =641 in FR |
| Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =368 in Europe | =56 in FR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =121 in FR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | CHATEAUROUX INFO | 125.875 |
| ARR | POITERS APP | 130.900 |
| TWR | CHATEAUROUX TWR | 125.875 |

## Nearby airports

- [BOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfld.md) Bourges airport · 54 km / 33 mi
- [LFOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfoa.md) Avord (BA 702) Air Base · 72 km / 45 mi
- [MCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbk.md) Montluçon-Guéret Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [TUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfot.md) Tours Val de Loire Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [NVS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfqg.md) Nevers-Fourchambault Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [PIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbi.md) Poitiers-Biard Airport · 113 km / 70 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/lflx/data