Ouessant Airport is a small airport serving Ushant, in Brittany, France. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OUI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OUI
- ICAO code
- LFEC
- City
- Ushant
- State or region
- Brittany
- Country
- France
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 48.4632° N, 5.0636° W
- Elevation
- 43 m (142 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 833 m (2,733 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OUI means Ouessant Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LFEC. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 48.4632° N, 5.0636° W. It stands 43 metres (142 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Brest, about 43 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Paris, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Ouessant Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 833 metres (2,733 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 49 airports of France on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 49.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 833 m 2,733 ft | 24 m | Paved | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brest Bretagne airportBrest | BES | 48 km |
| St. Mary's AirportSt. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom | ISC | 184 km |
| Land's End AirportLand's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom | LEQ | 188 km |
| Penzance HeliportPenzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom | PZE | 188 km |
| Guernsey AirportSaint Peter Port, Guernsey | GCI | 210 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,124 km | 9 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,553 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,786 km | 7 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 469 km | 1 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,328 km | 6 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,725 km | 11 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,283 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,045 km | 12 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,473 km | 21 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.