Colmar - Houssen Airport () is an
airport
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in
Houssen, north of
Colmar
Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...
,
both
''communes'' in the
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsà ss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...
department of the
Alsace
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region
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in
France
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. The airport is along
Autoroute A35 and is served by the Colmar Station.
Access to the airport
."
Map
Colmar Airport. Retrieved on July 7, 2010.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation
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of above mean sea level
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. It has one paved runway
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designated 01/19 which measures and a parallel grass
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runway measuring .
Statistics
References
External links
A History of Colmar Airport
Colmar Airport
Colmar Airport
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Airports in Grand Est
Buildings and structures in Haut-Rhin
Colmar
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