Airport type Public Location Calonne-sur-la-Lys 04/22 1,840 Code HZB | Serves Merville, Nord, France Elevation AMSL 61 ft / 19 m 1,840 6,037 Phone +33 3 28 42 04 21 | |
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Address Rue du Dr Rousseau, 59660 Merville, France | ||
Merville – Calonne Airport (IATA: HZB, ICAO: LFQT) is a regional airport in France. It is located 3 km (2 miles) south of Merville, in the Nord department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. The airport supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.
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History
Originally built by Germans as a Luftwaffe airfield (Fliegerhorst Merville) as part of the defenses of the Pas de Calais area. Later converted by USAAF engineers into an allied airfield. The airport was used by the Royal Air Force as Advanced Landing Ground B-53 Merville.
Airfield has numerous wartime relics, including many bunkers.
Runways
The airport has two runways oriented north-south (04/22):
Services
The airfield is controlled and has an Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS). Communication is the frequency of 127.900 MHz for the ATIS, 126.475 MHz or 120.275 MHz for the approach, 119.075 MHz for the tower and 121.675 MHz for the ground. It is approved for visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR).
Addition services include: a 9,540 square metres (102,688 sq ft) parking area, a 195 square metres (2,099 sq ft) terminal, a fuel (100LL and Jet A-1) and lubricant supply station; and a restaurant.