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Le Havre-Octeville Airport lies on the Normandy coast just north-northwest of Le Havre, serving business aviation, drone operations and recreational flying rather than scheduled airline traffic. Its long single runway and coastal position near the Seine estuary make it a useful and scenic VFR destination for pilots exploring Normandy.
Le Havre-Octeville Airport (ICAO: LFOH, IATA: LEH) serves the city of Le Havre in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy, France. Today it is operated with a focus on business aviation, drone flights and technical operations, while also hosting occasional passenger charter flights and recreational flying through locally based flying clubs. For a simulator pilot, its long hard-surfaced runway, coastal location and links to a Second World War Advanced Landing Ground give it both practical and historical interest.
The airport sits at Octeville-sur-Mer, about 5 kilometres (3 nautical miles) north-northwest of Le Havre, in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy. Approach control in the area is provided by Rennes, and the field is close to the port of Le Havre and the mouth of the Seine estuary, placing it within a busy stretch of the Normandy coastline.
The airport has one physical runway, 04/22, measuring 7,495 feet with a hard surface and runway lighting. There is no ILS approach.
Rennes Approach can be contacted on 120.35 MHz. The airport's ATIS broadcasts on 126.175 MHz, and Le Havre Tower operates on 135.205 MHz.
Prominent visual features near the airport include the Seine estuary and the port of Le Havre immediately to the south, with the well-known cliffs of Étretat further along the coast to the northwest; both offer useful orientation points for pilots approaching from the sea or tracking the Normandy coastline.
During the Second World War the site was used as an Advanced Landing Ground designated Y-30, part of the network of temporary airfields supporting Allied Air Transport Command operations in the European theatre. It later developed into the civilian Aéroport Le Havre-Octeville, operated by SNC-Lavalin Aéroports. Scheduled airline services ended after the departure of the carrier Twin Jet, and the airport has since relied on irregular charter flights to holiday destinations in southern Europe.
Le Havre-Octeville Airport now specialises in business aviation, drone flights and technical operations, alongside occasional passenger charter flights to leisure destinations. Flying clubs based at the airport offer recreational flying, including introductory and microlight flights, giving visitors the chance to see the Normandy coast and the Seine estuary from the air; the field also hosts tandem parachute jumping activity, which pilots should bear in mind when operating in the local area. Prior permission is required for visiting aircraft.