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 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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air France | Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| 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:
- Two combat squadrons (flottilles) (11F, 17F) equipped with Dassault Rafale M aircraft, suitable to fly naval and land combat and recce missions and nuclear deterrence missions
- One interception squadron (12F) equipped with Dassault Rafale M aircraft, assuring air superiority
- One airborne radar squadron (4F) equipped with Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, to secure the skies over the fleet and to control air-traffic
- One training/mission preparation unit
These units also form the airwing which is assigned to the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
References
- LFRH – LORIENT LANN BIHOUÉ. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 18 June 2020.
- 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)
- Airport information for LFRH at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Accident history for Lorient-Lann Bihoué Airport (LRT) at Aviation Safety Network
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