Brest Bretagne Airport
| Brest Bretagne Airport Aéroport de Brest Bretagne |
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IATA: BES – ICAO: LFRB
 BES
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Chamber of Commerce | ||
| Serves | Brest, France | ||
| Location | Guipavas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 325 ft / 99 m | ||
| Coordinates | 48°26′50″N 004°25′18″W / 48.44722°N 4.42167°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 08R/26L | 3,100 | 10,171 | Asphalt |
| 08L/26R | 700 | 2,297 | Asphalt |
| Source: French AIP[1] | |||
Brest Bretagne Airport (French: Aéroport de Brest Bretagne) (IATA: BES, ICAO: LFRB), formerly known as Brest Guipavas Airport, is an airport serving the French city of Brest. It is located in the commune of Guipavas and 10.2km (6.4 miles) northeast of Brest, within the département of Finistère.[1]
Though the main operator is Air France (and subsidiaries Brit Air and Regional), serving for the most part Paris and Lyon, other scheduled services are offered to Ireland and the UK, noticeably by Ryanair and Flybe. The aggressive efforts the Chamber of Commerce conducted allowed the airport to grow dramatically over the past decade thanks to charter airlines, as can be seen below.
In summer of 2011, long-due replacement of the ILS all-weather landing system causes numerous aborted landings/re-routing of passenger jets when foggy conditions occur, affecting all companies operating to/from this airport.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air France | Marseille, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly |
| Air France operated by Brit Air | Lyon, Nice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly |
| Air France operated by CityJet | London-City [begins 30 March 2012][2] |
| Chalair Aviation | Bordeaux, Lille |
| easyJet | Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Finist'air | Ouessant |
| Flybe | Seasonal: Birmingham, Manchester, Southampton |
| Jetairfly | Toulon |
| Ryanair | Marseille |
| Vueling | Barcelona [begins 25 March 2012] |
[edit] References
- ^ a b LFRB – BREST GUIPAVAS (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 9 Feb 2012.
- ^ http://www.cityjet.com/news/cityjet-launches-new-route-brest-brittany.shtml
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Brest Bretagne airport |
- Brest Bretagne Airport (official site) (English)
- Aéroport de Brest Bretagne (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
- Airport information for LFRB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Current weather for LFRB at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BES at Aviation Safety Network
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The new terminal of Brest airport
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An Airbus A380 at Brest airport in front of the new terminal in construction - Summer 2007
