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CFE · Clermont-Ferrand, France
--:--:-- · CEST (UTC+02:00) · 45.7867° N, 3.1692° E
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport
Airport in Clermont-Ferrand, France
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 4132; ident LFLC; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
clermont-aeroport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceClermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
CFE / LFLC
OurAirports ident
LFLC
GPS / local code
LFLC
ISO region
FR-ARA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
clermont-aeroport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1431123
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 11:31 AM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--CEST · UTC+02:00
Time zone
CEST
Europe/Paris · UTC+02:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
6.4 km
Approximate distance to central Clermont-Ferrand.
Country capital
Paris
Languages
French
Currency
EUR (€)
Country area
543,908 km²
Passenger volume
1,090,417 passengers
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
3 runways
Longest runway
9,885 ft / 3,013 m
Runway surface
grass (2), asphalt
Opened / operator
Vinci Airports
Owner / entity
Q1431123
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Clermont-Ferrand, France. Clermont-Ferrand's built-up core sits roughly 6.4 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Europe/Paris (UTC+02:00, CEST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport (CFE / LFLC) is at 45.7867° N, 3.1692° E, elevation 1,090 ft (332 m), serving Clermont-Ferrand, France.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Clermont-Ferrand is in France (capital Paris); regulated by Direction générale de l'Aviation civile (DGAC); on Europe/Paris (CEST, UTC+02:00); working languages: French; currency: EUR (€).
Distance from central Clermont-Ferrand: 6 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for CFE.
Primary airport name
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport (CFE / LFLC)
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport · Airport in Clermont-Ferrand, France
Source identifiers
LFLC · LFLC · FR-ARA
clermont-aeroport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Regional role cue
It is the main airport of the Auvergne region, the others are Aurillac Airport and Le-Puy-en-Velay Airport.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for CFE; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
It is located 6.8 km east of the city, in Aulnat, both communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne region of France, in the middle of France.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
1. Cournon-d'Auvergne
cournon-d-auvergne · 5.5 km from CFE
France · Europe/Paris · +0h · population 18,848 · city coordinates 45.7412, 3.1964
2. Clermont-Ferrand
clermont-ferrand · 6.4 km from CFE
France · Europe/Paris · +0h · population 147,865 · city coordinates 45.7797, 3.0868
3. Chamalières
chamalieres · 8.1 km from CFE
France · Europe/Paris · +0h · population 20,298 · city coordinates 45.7736, 3.0670
4. Riom
riom · 13 km from CFE
France · Europe/Paris · +0h · population 20,142 · city coordinates 45.8936, 3.1126
5. Issoire
issoire · 28 km from CFE
France · Europe/Paris · +0h · population 15,984 · city coordinates 45.5442, 3.2490
6. Vichy
vichy · 43 km from CFE
France · Europe/Paris · +0h · population 27,019 · city coordinates 46.1271, 3.4258
1. LYS LFLL
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône
149 km from CFE · Europe/Paris · +0h · elevation 821 ft (250 m) · airport coordinates 45.7260, 5.0901
2. MPL LFMT
Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport · Montpellier/Méditerranée
254 km from CFE · Europe/Paris · +0h · elevation 17 ft (5 m) · airport coordinates 43.5762, 3.9630
3. TLS LFBO
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · Toulouse/Blagnac
279 km from CFE · Europe/Paris · +0h · elevation 499 ft (152 m) · airport coordinates 43.6291, 1.3638
1. CFE-LYS
Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône · 149 km · 1h 1m
Europe/Paris · +0h from CFE; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. CFE-MPL
Montpellier/Méditerranée · 254 km · 1h 9m
Europe/Paris · +0h from CFE; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. CFE-TLS
Toulouse/Blagnac · 279 km · 1h 11m
Europe/Paris · +0h from CFE; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
3 runways
Longest runway 9,885 ft / 3,013 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
grass (2), asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for CFE.
Runway identifiers
01/19 · 08/26 · 08L/26R
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
1. LYS LFLL
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône · 149 km from CFE
large airport · Europe/Paris · france · 821 ft (250 m) · 45.7260, 5.0901
2. MPL LFMT
Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport · Montpellier/Méditerranée · 254 km from CFE
large airport · Europe/Paris · france · 17 ft (5 m) · 43.5762, 3.9630
3. TLS LFBO
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · Toulouse/Blagnac · 279 km from CFE
large airport · Europe/Paris · france · 499 ft (152 m) · 43.6291, 1.3638
4. MRS LFML
Marseille Provence Airport · Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône · 307 km from CFE
large airport · Europe/Paris · france · 74 ft (23 m) · 43.4381, 5.2125
5. BOD LFBD
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · Bordeaux · 322 km from CFE
large airport · Europe/Paris · france · 162 ft (49 m) · 44.8287, -0.7154
6. ORY LFPO
Paris-Orly Airport · Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne) · 333 km from CFE
large airport · Europe/Paris · france · 291 ft (89 m) · 48.7295, 2.3590
Source note 1
In 2002, the airport handled a record 1,090,417 passengers making it one of the busiest airports in France.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for CFE.
CFE sits in France (French Republic), whose capital is Paris. Direction générale de l'Aviation civile (DGAC) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Europe, Western Europe.
Common country-language signals: French. Currency context: EUR (€). CFE is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Airport in Clermont-Ferrand, France. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Regional role cue: It is the main airport of the Auvergne region, the others are Aurillac Airport and Le-Puy-en-Velay Airport. Location cue: It is located 6.8 km east of the city, in Aulnat, both communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne region of France, in the middle of France.
Wikidata airport entity: Q1431123 · Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport. Administrative area: Aulnat. Named after: Auvergne · Clermont-Ferrand. Entity official-site cross-check: clermont-fd.cci.fr
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport is a low-elevation field at 1,090 ft (332 m), positioned at 45.7867° N, 3.1692° E in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 3 runways and a longest runway of 9,885 ft / 3,013 m. The airport clock uses Europe/Paris (CEST, UTC+02:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
Cournon-d'Auvergne is the closest retained city-time anchor at 5.5 km. LYS Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône is the closest retained airport alternative at 149 km.
CFE is compared with LYS Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône at 149 km, MPL Montpellier/Méditerranée at 254 km, TLS Toulouse/Blagnac at 279 km, MRS Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône at 307 km, BOD Bordeaux at 322 km inside the retained France airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
CFE-LYS Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône: 149 km, about 1h 1m, +0h. CFE-MPL Montpellier/Méditerranée: 254 km, about 1h 9m, +0h. CFE-TLS Toulouse/Blagnac: 279 km, about 1h 11m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident LFLC backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. clermont-aeroport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
1,090,417 passengers
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
3 runways · longest 9,885 ft / 3,013 m
Runway identifiers
01/19, 08/26, 08L/26R
OurAirports classifies CFE as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
CFE (LFLC) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 1,090,417 passengers, operating from a low-elevation field at 1,090 ft (332 m).
CFE sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
CFE's runway record lists 3 runways, with the longest runway at 9,885 ft / 3,013 m and source surfaces recorded as grass (2), asphalt.
Vinci Airports is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for CFE.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at clermont-aeroport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
CFE uses Europe/Paris (CEST, UTC+02:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport is about 6.4 km from central Clermont-Ferrand; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
LYS Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône is the closest retained alternate at 149 km, time difference +0h.
clermont-aeroport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place CFE inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
CFE ranks #6 in the curated France airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 15 airports.
CFE shares Europe/Paris with BES Brest FR · BOD Bordeaux FR · BSL Bâle / Mulhouse FR · BVA Beauvais FR · CDG Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) FR · LBG Paris FR. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
CFE is 1,090 ft (332 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include HIJ 1,088 ft (332 m) (2 ft delta) · LWO 1,071 ft (326 m) (19 ft delta) · ABV 1,123 ft (342 m) (33 ft delta) · BZV 1,048 ft (319 m) (42 ft delta) · PHX 1,135 ft (346 m) (45 ft delta).
CFE's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are LYS 149 km +0h · MPL 254 km +0h · TLS 279 km +0h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône | LYS | 149 km | 1h 1m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Montpellier/Méditerranée | MPL | 254 km | 1h 9m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Toulouse/Blagnac | TLS | 279 km | 1h 11m | +0h | --:--:-- |
CFE to LYS
Distance 149 km; estimated travel window 1h 1m; destination zone Europe/Paris is +0h from CFE. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CFE to MPL
Distance 254 km; estimated travel window 1h 9m; destination zone Europe/Paris is +0h from CFE. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CFE to TLS
Distance 279 km; estimated travel window 1h 11m; destination zone Europe/Paris is +0h from CFE. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Central Clermont-Ferrand is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Clermont-Ferrand is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from CFE, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Cournon-d'Auvergne
cournon-d-auvergne · 5.5 km · Europe/Paris
Clermont-Ferrand
clermont-ferrand · 6.4 km · Europe/Paris
Chamalières
chamalieres · 8.1 km · Europe/Paris
Riom
riom · 13 km · Europe/Paris
Issoire
issoire · 28 km · Europe/Paris
Vichy
vichy · 43 km · Europe/Paris
Montbrison
montbrison · 72 km · Europe/Paris
Roanne
roanne · 75 km · Europe/Paris
Montluçon
montlucon · 75 km · Europe/Paris
Moulins
moulins · 87 km · Europe/Paris
Firminy
firminy · 98 km · Europe/Paris
Le Puy-en-Velay
le-puy-en-velay · 100 km · Europe/Paris
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône (LYS), Montpellier/Méditerranée (MPL), Toulouse/Blagnac (TLS). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from CFE. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry AirportLYS
Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône · large airport
Compare against LYS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Montpellier-Méditerranée AirportMPL
Montpellier/Méditerranée · large airport
Compare against MPL when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Toulouse-Blagnac AirportTLS
Toulouse/Blagnac · large airport
Compare against TLS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport is in the Europe/Paris timezone (UTC+02:00, CEST).
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport uses IATA code CFE and ICAO code LFLC.
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport is located in Clermont-Ferrand, France at coordinates 45.7867° N, 3.1692° E, with an elevation of 1,090 ft (332 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport sits roughly 6.4 km from the nearest mapped city center for Clermont-Ferrand.
Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône (LYS) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 1m, destination timezone Europe/Paris, and a +0h difference from CFE.
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport sits inside France, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Direction générale de l'Aviation civile (DGAC).
CFE's curated peers in France on this site include LYS Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, MPL Montpellier/Méditerranée, TLS Toulouse/Blagnac, plus 3 more.
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport's source-backed operational summary lists 3 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,885 ft / 3,013 m; identifiers include 01/19, 08/26, 08L/26R.
