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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Lann-Bihoué

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.

Airlines and destinations

The following airline operates regular scheduled and charter flights at Lorient Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
APG Airlines Toulouse

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at LRT airport. See Wikidata query.

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:

These units also form the airwing which is assigned to the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.

Accidents

  • On 30 July 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

  1. ^ LFRH – LORIENT LANN BIHOUÉ. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 26 December 2024.
  2. ^ Lorient South Brittany Airport (official site)
  3. ^ "APG AIRLINES". APG Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2018.