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MrBlues
15th Jul 2015, 11:18
First time posting, so hope I've got correct forum for this question.

Le Touquet chart dated 11/12/2014 downloaded yesterday from https://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr shows runway 13/31.

However the airfield website Infos AERO | Aéroport Le Touquet Côte d'Opale (http://www.aeroport-letouquet.com/infos-aero/) states orientation is 14/32

Google Earth and recent YouTube videos of landings there confirm runway markings as 14/32.

Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for any clarification.

Jan Olieslagers
15th Jul 2015, 12:58
The airport has been closed for a week while they dug up the runway, turned it by 8 degrees then reburied it.

Or perhaps, it could be they adjusted for change in the magvar...
Always use the most recent information. Which generally does not include Google Earth and the like.

dera
15th Jul 2015, 19:50
At L2K you can still see the old fainted paintings of the old orientation.

UV
18th Jul 2015, 06:42
runway 13/31
We were so relieved when we were able to re-designate from 13/31 to 12/30.
Little do they know what they are in for .....especially there!:rolleyes:

STATSMAN
18th Jul 2015, 20:05
At Woodford they have dug up the runway but not not relaid it. Just put rubble on it and are removing the old top coat by lorry.

Privatecaptain
20th Jul 2015, 13:17
Whatever it is (13/31 or 14/32), runway orientation is always subject to heavy crosswinds at LFAT :-)

Shoestring Flyer
20th Jul 2015, 14:52
In the good old days LFAT had a cross runway....They then dug it up!

T21
22nd Jul 2015, 01:03
Yes, the good old days of LFAT. When they had two runways (which were roughly at 90 degrees to one another) one was concrete and the other was tarmac. Even on my 6th or 7th visit there I had to really think hard about which was the runway in use. For some reason I always got confused between the two.
But I was relieved one day to realise I was not on my own when an English pilot made three attempts to approach the wrong runway and the controller was getting excited. In the end in desperation he told the pilot to land on the black runway.

A and C
23rd Jul 2015, 11:03
I was vert disapointed to see the short runway closed, about twenty years back I went to Le Touquet, the weather was overcast at 600 ft, rain and the wind put the long runway out of limits by a lot.

A very fast and turbulent trip down the ILS and a circle to land on to the short runway was the order of the day........... the Perard lobster never tasted so good !

A le Ron
24th Jul 2015, 22:26
Last time I was there (about six weeks since) it was 13/31 and boasted a sporting cross-wind

patowalker
25th Jul 2015, 07:13
14/32 was Le Touquet - Paris-Plage. Le Touquet - Côte d’Opale is 13/31. :)