The Orléans - Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Airport is a French

France

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 airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located in the Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel

Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel

Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.-References:*...

 commune

Commune

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, Loiret

Loiret

Loiret is a department in north-central FranceThe department is named after the river Loiret, a tributary of the Loire. The Loiret is located wholly within the department.- History :...

 département, Centre region

Régions of France

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Geography

The airport is on the northern part of the commune of Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, in the Loire Valley

Loire Valley

The Loire Valley , spanning , is located in the middle stretch of the Loire River in central France. Its area comprises approximately . It is referred to as the Cradle of the French Language, and the Garden of France due to the abundance of vineyards, fruit orchards, and artichoke, asparagus, and...

, north of the Loire

Loire (river)

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 river and south of the Orléans forest. It is located on the Zone des Quatre-Vents, at the end of the rue de l'industrie, 5.5 Km north of Jargeau

Jargeau

Jargeau is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.It lies about south of Paris.-External links:*...

, 22 km east of Orléans

Orléans

-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...

, 49 km west of Montargis

Montargis

Montargis is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The town is located about south of Paris and east of Orléans in the Gâtinais....

 and 117 km south of Paris

Paris

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. The access by the Tangentielle d'Orléans (Route nationale 60

Route nationale 60

Route nationale 60 is a Route nationale in France, connecting the commune of Orléans to that of Troyes. Before alterations in 1972, it joined Châteauneuf-sur-Loire to Toul via Troyes. A decree of December 5, 2005 has set out the declassification of the route. A high-speed roadway was...

) is via exit #13 (ST Denis de L'H ; Jargeau; Fay aux Loges ; AERODROME), towards route départementale 921.

Nearest SNCF

SNCF

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 railway stations: Orléans

Gare d'Orléans

Gare d'Orléans is a railway station serving the city Orléans, Loiret department, central France. It is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway. The Gare d'Orléans is a terminus; TGV and most other long distance trains only serve the nearby Gare des Aubrais-Orléans.-Services:The following services...

 and Les Aubrais-Orléans

Gare des Aubrais-Orléans

Gare des Aubrais-Orléans is a railway station serving the agglomeration of Orléans, situated in the town Fleury-les-Aubrais, Loiret department, central France. It is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway, and it is the northern terminus of the Orléans–Montauban railway...

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Infrastructures

The airport is made of a meters asphalt runway with runway lighting (HI - PAPI - feux à éclats EN 23) and a meters grass runway. The terminal is square meters large and the aircraft hangar area is square meters.

Activities

The airport essentially serves business aircraft (a Cessna Citation X

Cessna Citation X

The Cessna Citation X is a long-range medium business jet aircraft. The Citation X is powered by two Rolls-Royce turbofan engines and is built by the Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas. It is the fastest production civilian jet in the world. The Citation brand of business jets encompasses...

) and fret. Tourism aviation also play a large part of the traffic. In 2007, passengers were lifted, and kg of postal parcels were sent. Associations practising skydiving, Model aircraft

Model aircraft

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 and gliding

Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...

are also on site. An OPALE weather station is also there.

External links

Site officiel de l'aéroport du Loiret - Orléans-Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel L'aéroport d'Orléans - Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel sur aéroport.fr Aéro-club d'Orléans