Caen–Carpiquet Airport (French: Aéroport de Caen–Carpiquet) (IATA: CFR, ICAO: LFRK) is an international airport located in Carpiquet, 6 km west of Caen,[1] both communes of the Calvados département in the Normandy (formerly Lower Normandy) region of France.

In June and July 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, Anglo-Canadian and German troops engaged in long and harsh fights over control of the strategically important aerodrome.

The 16 May 1969 decree placed the aerodrome under the civil aviation general secretariat, a branch of the transport ministry.

[7] In the late 1960s, Caen City Council further developed the aerodrome for civilian use under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry's management.

Since March 2007, the airport has been managed by the Urban community of Caen la Mer By late 2008, a regularly scheduled Caen–Paris-Orly route was introduced with two round trips per week.

In 2014, the low-cost company Flybe opened a route between Caen and London Southend Airport.