# Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport (CER)

> Gonneville-Le Theil, Manche, FR · IATA: CER · ICAO: LFRC · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `CER` |
| ICAO | `LFRC` |
| City | Gonneville-Le Theil, Manche |
| Country | FR |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 140 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 49.65010, -1.47028 |

## Description

The name Cherbourg-Manche Airport (CER/LFRC) suggests more than the traffic supports: the field at Maupertus-sur-Mer and Gonneville-le-Theil, eleven kilometres east of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, currently has no scheduled airline service at all. Business, corporate and air taxi movements plus occasional charters make up the activity, and no dedicated cargo terminal or standing customs facility for consolidated freight is documented on site. Ad hoc airfreight into CER is therefore a charter exercise arranged with the airport in advance, not a booking on a regular service. The Cotentin peninsula itself carries real industrial weight — Naval Group builds submarines at Cherbourg, EDF operates the Flamanville nuclear plant, Orano runs the La Hague reprocessing site, and the port handles offshore wind components — but these sectors generate heavy and project cargo by sea and road rather than routine air freight. For airfreight into Normandy, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) some 360 road kilometres away remains the effective gateway, with Caen-Carpiquet (CFR) and Rennes (RNS) as regional options. Sea freight and ro-ro move through the port of Cherbourg, which links to Ireland and the United Kingdom, and through Le Havre.

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