Amiens - Glisy Aerodrome Aérodrome d'Amiens - Glisy
IATA: QAM – ICAO: LFAY + Amiens - Glisy Location of airport in France
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		CCI d’Amiens
Serves		Amiens
Location		Glisy, Somme, France
Elevation AMSL		208 ft / 63 m
Coordinates		49°52′23″N 002°23′13″E / 49.87306°N 2.38694°E / 49.87306; 2.38694
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
12/30	1,300	4,265	Asphalt
12R/30L	900	2,953	Grass
Sources: AIP, UAF, DAFIF

Amiens – Glisy Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome d'Amiens - Glisy) (IATA: QAM, ICAO: LFAY) is an airport serving Amiens, the capital city of the Somme department in the Picardy (Picardie) region of France. The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) east-southeast of Amiens, in Glisy.

The airport is used for general aviation, with no commercial airline service.

History

During World War II the airport was used by the German Luftwaffe during the occupation of France. It was attacked by the United States Army Air Force on several occasions in the spring of 1944. Later, it was liberated by the British Second Army in August 1944.

The airfield was then used by the Americans as a troop carrier and transport airfield flying C-47 Skytrain aircraft. It was known as Amiens/Glisy Airfield or Advanced Landing Ground B-48. Units that were assigned to the airfield were the 315th Troop Carrier Group (12AF) and 1st Troop Carrier Pathfinder Squadron (Provisional) (9th AF). It was also the headquarters of the Twelfth Air Force 52d Troop Carrier Wing.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 208 feet (63 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,300 by 25 metres (4,265 × 82 ft). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with an grass surface measuring 900 by 100 metres (2,953 × 328 ft).

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