# Châteauroux-Déols Marcel Dassault Airport (CHR)

> Déols, Indre, FR · IATA: CHR · ICAO: LFLX · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `CHR` |
| ICAO | `LFLX` |
| City | Déols, Indre |
| Country | FR |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 161 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 46.86022, 1.72833 |

## Description

3,500 metres of runway, open around the clock: Châteauroux-Déols «Marcel Dassault» (IATA CHR, ICAO LFLX) in Déols, Indre, accepts the largest freighters in service, from the Boeing 747F to the Airbus A380 and Antonov An-124. It is a category A international airport with on-site customs, cleared for dangerous goods and perishables, but freight moves on charter rotations rather than fixed cargo routes. The Châteauroux Air Centre concentrates aircraft storage, maintenance, passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion and end-of-life recycling; Vallair is setting up a conversion line in a new hangar that is to extend from narrowbodies to A330 widebodies, backed by an announced plan to recruit around 250 staff over five years. At the peak of the COVID-19 crisis more than 40 airliners were parked on the apron, and pilot and airport-firefighter training complete the industrial profile. For scheduled air freight out of the Centre-Val de Loire region, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) some 270 km north remains the reference, with Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS) as an alternative and road haulage on the A20 linking both.

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