Lorient South Brittany Airport
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,[1] a commune of the Morbihan département in the Brittany region of France.
Lorient South Brittany Airport (Lann Bihoué) 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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 The Brittany region within France | |||||||||||||||
  LFRH Location of the airport in Brittany | |||||||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
The following airline operates regular scheduled and charter flights at Lorient Airport:
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| APG Airlines | Toulouse[3] |
Military use
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:
- Flottille 4F with Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
- Flottille 21F with Atlantique 2
- Flottille 23F with Atlantique 2
- Flottille 24F with Falcon 50 M
- Flottille 28F with Embraer Xingu
These units also form the airwing which is assigned to the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
Accidents
- On July 30, 1998, Proteus Airlines Flight 706 collided with a Cessna after flying off-course on approach to the airport, leading to the deaths of the people on both planes.
References
- LFRH – LORIENT LANN BIHOUÉ. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 5 October 2023.
- Lorient South Brittany Airport (official site)
- "APG AIRLINES". APG Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
External links
- Base Aeronavale Lann Bihoue
- Lorient South Brittany Airport (official site) (in English)
- Aéroport de Lorient-Bretagne Sud (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
- Accident history for Lorient-Lann Bihoué Airport (LRT) at Aviation Safety Network