Lorient South Brittany Airport
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Lorient South Brittany Airport Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud |
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| Airport type | Joint Mil-Civ airfield | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Morbihan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Lorient, France | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 160 ft / 49 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°45′38″N 03°26′24″W / 47.76056°N 3.44000°WCoordinates: 47°45′38″N 03°26′24″W / 47.76056°N 3.44000°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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 The Brittany region within France |
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Source: French AIP and airport website.
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Lorient South Brittany Airport or Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud (IATA: LRT, ICAO: LFRH), also known as Lorient-Lann-Bihoué Airport, is the airport serving the city of Lorient. It is situated 5 km west-northwest of Lorient, a commune of the Morbihan département in the Brittany region of France.
The airport is comparatively large, 3 km by 3 km, which is due to its being built during the Second World War to support German submarine operations from the nearby base in Lorient.
It is also known as Lann Bihoue Naval Air Base (Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué) and is one of the French Naval Aviation bases, currently hosting:
These units also form the airwing which is assigned to the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle".
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