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Donegal Airport
EIDL / CFNDonegal, IrelandELEV 30 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
41 nm
To the nearest alternate
City of Derry Airport (LDY) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Donegal Airport (EIDL / CFN) is a mid-sized airport serving Donegal, Ireland. The airport sits 30 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into CFN for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are City of Derry Airport (LDY, 41 nm), Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK, 46 nm), and Sligo Airport (SXL, 47 nm).
Charter pricing from CFN depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Gweedore. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Donegal.
Field capability
ICAO
EIDL
IATA
CFN
FAA / Local
EIDL
Elevation
30 ft
Coordinates
55.0442° N · 8.3410° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Ireland fields
state range 11–665 ft
At 30 ft, CFN sits lower than 80% of the 10 Ireland fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 41nmLDYCity of Derry AirportDerry, Derry and Strabane
- 46nmENKEnniskillen/St Angelo AirportEnniskillen, Fermanagh and Omagh
- 47nmSXLSligo AirportSligo
- 70nmNOCIreland West Airport KnockCharlestown
- 77nmBFSBelfast International AirportBelfast
- 81nmILYIslay AirportIsle of Islay, Argyll and Bute
Location
Open the full mapEIDL · Donegal Airport · Donegal, Ireland