Tours Val de Loire Airport

at Rue de l' Aéroport, Tours , 37100 France

1. Airport
2. Airport Terminal

Description

Tours Val de Loire Airport is an airport in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, 6km north-northeast of the city of Tours in the Loire Valley . The airport is located partly on the territory of the communes of Tours and Parçay-Meslay.The airport is open to both national and international carriers, private planes and is certified for both instrument flight and visual flight.HistoryThe airport dates back to World War I, being established as a French Air Force (Armee de l'Air) training center. The center trained many French aviators and some Americans who had volunteered prior to the American entry in the war into the French flying service. In the summer of 1917, the school was provided to the American Expeditionary Forces, which designated the school as the Second Aviation Instructional Center, Tours Aerodrome. Initially it was used as an advanced training school for pursuit pilot combat training. Later it developed into a center of training for all aerial observers of the Air Service, United States Army assigned to the AEF. It also was used as a Radio School, a Photographic school and an Aerial Gunnery school. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, it was returned to the French Air Force which used it as a military base.

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Summary

Tours Val de Loire Airport is Tours based place and this enity listed in Airport category. Located at Rue de l' Aéroport 37100.