Condé-sur-Noireau Airfield

The closure was primarily due to economic reasons and the cessation of the operating club's activities. Small, private grass airfields like this often struggle with funding for maintenance, insurance, and land lease costs. With the probable dissolution of the local 'Aéroclub de Condé-Clécy', the airfield lost its operator and purpose, leading the landowner to revert the property to its more profitable agricultural use. There is no evidence of closure due to a major accident, regulatory action, or military conversion.

The airfield is permanently closed and has been fully returned to agricultural use. Recent satellite imagery clearly shows that the land where the runway once existed is now plowed and cultivated as part of the surrounding farmland. The faint outline of the former runway is still visible as a cropmark or soil discoloration, but no aviation infrastructure, such as hangars, windsock, or markings, remains.

The airfield was known as Aérodrome de Condé-Clécy or, more formally in ultralight circles, as the ULM Platform 'Clécy - Le Vey' (using the French identifier LF1423). Its history is purely civilian, likely established sometime after World War II. It served as a hub for local general aviation and ultralight (ULM) flying, operated by the 'Aéroclub de Condé-Clécy'. The airfield consisted of a single grass runway, oriented roughly 05/23 and approximately 650 meters long. Its primary significance was as a recreational facility for pilots, prized for its scenic location on a plateau overlooking the Orne river valley in the heart of the 'Suisse Normande' (Norman Switzerland) region.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Condé-sur-Noireau Airfield. The land has been completely repurposed for agriculture, and the flying club that managed it is no longer active. Re-establishing an airfield would require purchasing or leasing the land, significant investment to restore the runway and facilities, and navigating a complex regulatory approval process, making any such prospect extremely unlikely.