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Cherbourg Manche airport
LFRC / CERCherbourg, FranceELEV 459 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
29 nm
To the nearest alternate
Alderney Airport (ACI) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Cherbourg Manche airport, listed as LFRC / CER, is a mid-sized airport in Cherbourg, France. Field elevation is 459 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list CER as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Alderney Airport (ACI, 29 nm), Jersey Airport (JER, 39 nm), and Guernsey Airport (GCI, 46 nm).
Trip costs from CER are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. You may also see the field referenced as Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus and Aéroport de Cherbourg - Manche. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from CER to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
LFRC
IATA
CER
FAA / Local
LFRC
Elevation
459 ft
Coordinates
49.6501° N · 1.4703° 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
No
Elevation vs France fields
state range 7–3,362 ft
At 459 ft, CER sits higher than 56% 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.
- 29nmACIAlderney AirportSaint Anne
- 39nmJERJersey AirportSt. Peter
- 46nmGCIGuernsey AirportSaint Peter Port
- 46nmGFRGranville AirportBréville-sur-Mer, Manche
- 49nmCFRCaen Carpiquet airportCaen
- 61nmLEHLe Havre-Octeville AirportLe Havre
Location
Open the full mapLFRC · Cherbourg Manche airport · Cherbourg, France