Caen Carpiquet airport

ICAO LFRK49.1768°N 0.4549°W78 m / 256 ftMedium airport

Caen Carpiquet airport (IATA: CFR, ICAO: LFRK) is a medium airport in Caen, Normandy, France. It opened in 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,900 m (6,233 ft). In 2025 it handled 306 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938

1938

OpenedCaen Carpiquet airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

12/30124° / 304° · LIT

LENGTH1,900 m6,233 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

12L/30R125° / 305°

LENGTH800 m2,624 ftWIDTH50 m164 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2014–2025

115K

129K

139K

181K

274K

305K

162K

227K

301K

329K

290K

306K

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Routes

10 destinations · 1 country

Most destinationsAir France 7Volotea 7

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CFR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Caen–Carpiquet Airport” (revision of 8 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers306K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,336of 3,974 · #291 Europe · #23 FR Longest runway1,900 m6,233 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,308of 29,823 · =787 Europe · =85 FR Elevation78 m256 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,377of 43,341 · =4,005 Europe · =942 FR AgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =451 Europe · =72 FR Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =25 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

APPDEAUVILLE APP120.350

TWRCAEN TWR134.530

TWRCAEN GROUND121.790

OPSCAEN OPERATION131.400

ATISCAEN123.080