Airports / France / LFQE
Lieutenant Étienne Mantoux Air Base
LFQERouvres-en-Woëvre, FranceELEV 770 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
Verdun-Le Rozelier Airfield (LFGW) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Rouvres-en-Woëvre, France, Lieutenant Étienne Mantoux Air Base (LFQE) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 770 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 LFQE for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Verdun-Le Rozelier Airfield (LFGW, 10 nm), Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport (ETZ, 27 nm), and Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX, 32 nm).
Charter pricing from LFQE depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Étain-Rouvres Air Base. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Rouvres-en-Woëvre.
Field capability
ICAO
LFQE
IATA
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FAA / Local
LFQE
Elevation
770 ft
Coordinates
49.2269° N · 5.6722° 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 770 ft, LFQE sits higher than 76% 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.
- 10nmLFGWVerdun-Le Rozelier AirfieldSommedieue
- 27nmETZMetz-Nancy-Lorraine AirportGoin
- 32nmLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg
- 39nmENCNancy-Essey AirportTomblaine, Meurthe-et-Moselle
- 40nmLFSONancy-Ochey (BA 133) Air BaseThuilley-aux-Groseilles
- 47nmLFSISaint-Dizier – Robinson Air BaseSaint-Dizier
Location
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