Airports / France / UIP
Quimper-Cornouaille Airport
LFRQ / UIPQuimper/Pluguffan, FranceELEV 297 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
22 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lanvéoc-Poulmic Air Base (LFRL) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Quimper-Cornouaille Airport (LFRQ / UIP) sits in Quimper/Pluguffan, France, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 297 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
UIP has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lanvéoc-Poulmic Air Base (LFRL, 22 nm), Brest Bretagne airport (BES, 30 nm), and Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (LRT, 32 nm).
Quotes for flights out of UIP vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from UIP, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LFRQ
IATA
UIP
FAA / Local
LFRQ
Elevation
297 ft
Coordinates
47.9730° N · 4.1697° 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 297 ft, UIP sits lower than 60% 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.
- 22nmLFRLLanvéoc-Poulmic Air BaseLanvéoc/Poulmic
- 30nmBESBrest Bretagne airportBrest
- 32nmLRTLorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) AirportLorient/Lann/Bihoué
- 33nmLDVLandivisiau Air BaseLandivisiau
- 40nmMXNMorlaix-Ploujean AirportMorlaix/Ploujean
- 55nmLAILannion AirportLannion
Location
Open the full mapLFRQ · Quimper-Cornouaille Airport · Quimper/Pluguffan, France