Airports / France / VAF
Valence-Chabeuil Airport
LFLU / VAFChabeuil, Drôme, FranceELEV 525 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
31 nm
To the nearest alternate
Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Valence-Chabeuil Airport, listed as LFLU / VAF, is a mid-sized airport in Chabeuil, Drôme, France. The airport sits 525 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into VAF for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB, 31 nm), Aubenas-South Ardèche Airport (OBS, 34 nm), and Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (EBU, 47 nm).
Charter pricing from VAF depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Chabeuil, Drôme.
Field capability
ICAO
LFLU
IATA
VAF
FAA / Local
LFLU
Elevation
525 ft
Coordinates
44.9216° N · 4.9699° E
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
No
Elevation vs France fields
state range 7–3,362 ft
At 525 ft, VAF sits higher than 62% of the 135 France fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 31nmGNBGrenoble Alpes Isère AirportGrenoble
- 34nmOBSAubenas-South Ardèche AirportLanas, Ardèche
- 47nmEBUSaint-Étienne-Bouthéon AirportAndrézieux-Bouthéon, Loire
- 47nmLFMOOrange-Caritat (BA 115) Air BaseOrange, Vaucluse
- 48nmLYNLyon Bron AirportChassieu, Lyon
- 49nmLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportColombier-Saugnieu, Rhône
Location
Open the full mapLFLU · Valence-Chabeuil Airport · Chabeuil, Drôme, France