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Quimper-Cornouaille airport (France)
Quimper-Cornouaille airport is located near Quimper, with Pluguffan at 1mi↑, Plomelin at 3mi↑, Quimper at 4mi↑, Ploneis at 4mi↑, Kerfeunteun at 4mi↑, Plogastel-Saint-Germain at 5mi↑, Guengat at 5mi↑, Gouesnach at 5mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in France and Southernmost airports in France
→ See also airports in France
aerial view of Quimper-Cornouaille airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LFRQ
- IATA code : UIP
- Local code : -
Elevation : 91 m = 299ft
→ See also Highest airports in France and Lowest airports in France
Runways
- runway 10/28 : 2150m = 7054ft
- runway 04/22 : 810m = 2657ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in France
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- Quimper train station at 4mi
- Châteaulin train station at 16mi
- Pont-de-Buis train station at 20mi
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Aviation weather for Quimper-Cornouaille airport LFRQ UIP
METAR for Quimper-Cornouaille airport LFRQ UIP
LFRQ 121200Z AUTO 18009KT 140V210 9999 BKN013 OVC096 17/13 Q1004 BECMG NSC
Decoded METAR for Quimper-Cornouaille airport LFRQ UIP
METAR issued by LFRQ on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 hours and 12 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 17°C = 63°F, dew point is 13°C = 55°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 77 %.
QNH is 1004hPa = 29.65inHg
Wind 17km/h = 9kt, direction is 180°.
Clouds : broken at 1300ft = 400m. overcast at 9600ft = 2930m.
Becoming NSC (No Significant Clouds) = no clouds below 5000 ft and no TCU (tower CUmulus) or presence of cumulonimbus 'cumulonimbus)
TAF for Quimper-Cornouaille airport LFRQ UIP
LFRQ 121100Z 1212/1312 17008KT CAVOK PROB30 TEMPO 1215/1218 BKN012 BECMG 1216/1218 30010KT BECMG 1218/1220 BKN008 PROB40 TEMPO 1220/1222 BKN003 BECMG 1222/1224 BKN018 BECMG 1302/1304 VRB05KT TEMPO 1305/1309 4000 SHRA BKN012 TEMPO 1309/1312 4000 SHRA
Decoded TAF for Quimper-Cornouaille airport LFRQ UIP
TAF issued by LFRQ on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:00 UTC, issued 6 hours and 12 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
1212/1312 17008KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 170°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1215/1218 BKN012
broken at 1200ft = 370m
becoming from Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1216/1218 30010KT
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 300°
becoming from Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 22:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1218/1220 BKN008
broken at 800ft = 240m
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 22:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 1220/1222 BKN003
broken at 300ft = 90m
becoming from Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1222/1224 BKN018
broken at 1800ft = 550m
becoming from Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 04:00 heure TU to Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1302/1304 VRB05KT
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is °
temporarily from Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 05:00 heure TU to Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 09:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1305/1309 4000 SHRA BKN012
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
shower rain
broken at 1200ft = 370m
temporarily from Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1309/1312 4000 SHRA
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
shower rain
VAC for Quimper-Cornouaille airport LFRQ UIP
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Quimper-Cornouaille airport
Around Quimper-Cornouaille airport (France)
near
- Hotels in Pluguffan
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 276mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 276mi↑
- Bordeaux at 276mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 276mi↑
- Paris at 305mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 305mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 305mi↑
- Vieux Boucau at 318mi↑
- Hôtel La Côte d'Argent (Vieux-Boucau) at 319mi↑
- Hôtel La Paloma (Hossegor) at 326mi↑
- Hôtel & Spa Villa Seren (Hossegor) at 326mi↑
- Capbreton at 326mi↑
- for Quimper-Cornouaille airport at 0mi↑
- for Cornouailles airport at 3mi↑
- for Ploballanec airport at 11mi↑
nearest airports to Quimper-Cornouaille airport (France)
- Cornouailles heliport ( FR-0052) at 3mi↑
- Ploballanec ultralight airfield ( FR-0447) at 11mi↑
- Querlarn Plobannalec Lesconi ultralight airfield ( LF2923) at 11mi↑
- Glénan heliport ( FR-0461) at 19mi↑
- Mairie heliport ( FR-0054) at 22mi↑
- Guiscriff Scaer airport (LFES ) at 24mi↑NOTAM
- Base d'aéronautique navale de Lanvéoc-Poulmic airport (LFRL ) at 25mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Mellac ultralight airfield ( FR-0347) at 28mi↑
- Amirauté heliport ( FR-0046) at 32mi↑
- Île-de-Sein heliport ( FR-0462) at 32mi↑
- Le Grand Chêne ultralight airfield ( LF2925) at 33mi↑
- La Cavale Blanche Centre Hospitalier heliport ( FR-0053) at 34mi↑
→ See also Former airports in France
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap