Laon Couvron Air Base

Historical approach and aerodrome charts

Base aérienne Laon Couvron - Cartes d'approche historiques

For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes!

Coordinates	N493760 E0033253 (WGS84) Google Maps
Region	Hauts-de-France, Département Aisne, Couvron-et-Aumencourt
Location indicator	LFQC

Use

Military airfield during the Second World War
1951-1967: Expansion and use as NATO base for the US Air Force (USAF)
1967-2012: Use by the French armed forces.
Closed today.

Map with location of Laon Couvron Aerodrome, France

In the 1960s

NDB approach chart runway 21 Laon Couvron Air Base, France 1960

NDB approach runway 21 (October 1960) - There is one runway - 03/21: length 2400 m, width 50 m (7874 feet x 164 feet). The width of the northeastern part is only 45 m (147 feet). (Source: US DoD)

TACAN approach chart runway 21 Base aérienne Laon Couvron, France 1960

TACAN approach runway 21 (October 1960) (Source: US DoD)

In the 1970s

Base aérienne Laon Couvron on a map 1972

Laon Couvron Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972 (Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin)

Laon Couvron Air Base: Satellite image from 10 June 1975

Satellite image from 10 June 1975 (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)

Index to the objects shown on the maps

Radio beacons / Radiophares aéronautiques:

Laon NDB "LC", TACAN "LC"

Air traffic control / Contrôle de la circulation aérienne:

Laon Approach Control, Laon Tower

Source for all maps, if not marked otherwise: US Department of Defense (US DoD)