Horse cargo at Deauville Normandy Airport

Each year, Deauville Normandy Airport receives around one hundred horses (51 in 2012 and 71 in 2013) which can be divided into two categories:

• Horses from Ireland and England for races held at the DEAUVILLE Racecourse during the summer
• Mares and their foals passing through our hub returning to local studs after foaling in Anglo-Saxon countries or on the American continent.

Deauville Airport has been authorised as a Border Inspection Post for the equine industry for receiving horses from non-Schengen countries by the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations (former veterinary services) since early July 2013.

Deauville Airport has:

• A checkpoint and a temporary equine transit area comprising 10 boxes
• A horse access ramp for aircraft types from B 737 to A 310