Chalons Vatry airport guide

Châlons Vatry Airport sits on the Champagne plateau near the village of Vatry in the Marne department, in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. It lies roughly 150 km east of Paris and is marketed as an alternative gateway for the capital and for Disneyland Paris, which is about 105 km away.

The site began as a French Air Force base in the 1950s and opened to public air traffic in 1993. The first commercial flight took place on 21 January 2000. Its single 3,860 m runway is among the longest in France, which suits freight and cargo operations as well as passenger flights. The airport is open around the clock for freight, while the passenger terminal opens only around scheduled departures and arrivals.

Scheduled passenger service is small and seasonal. Ryanair has been the main scheduled carrier, flying to Marrakech and Porto, and charter flights have served Mediterranean holiday destinations. Since July 2016 the Conseil départemental de la Marne has run the airport directly through a public industrial and commercial body. Traffic fell from about 134,000 passengers in 2016 to roughly 71,000 in 2025.