VIY

Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base

48.7744°N 2.2031°E178 m / 584 ftMedium airport
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Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base (IATA: VIY) is a medium airport in Vélizy-Villacoublay, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. It opened in Aug 1936. It has one runway, 1,813 m (5,948 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by French Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1936–1936
AUG 1936
OpenedVélizy-Villacoublay Air Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27088° / 268° · LIT
LENGTH1,813 m5,948 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,813 m5,948 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,772of 29,823 · =829 Europe · #93 FRElevation178 m584 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=25,641of 43,341 · =2,442 Europe · #594 FRAgeOpened 19362026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=649of 15,079 · =368 Europe · =56 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

Radio frequencies

5 channels
APPVILLA APP/DEP119.425
APPVILLA APP/DEP26.590
GNDVILLA GND121.875
OPSVILLA OPS138.900
TWRVILLA TWR122.100