Airport type Military Elevation AMSL 102 ft / 31 m 2,423 7,949 Elevation 31 m | Operator CCI de Cognac 05/23 2,423 Code CNG Phone +33 5 45 32 73 00 | |
Location Cognac / Châteaubernard Address 16100 Châteaubernard, France Similar Buffalo Grill, BUFFALO GRILL COGNAC, Mairie, Sarl Aupy Frères | ||
Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base (French: Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard or BA 709) (IATA: CNG, ICAO: LFBG) is a base of the French Air Force located in Châteaubernard, 2.8 kilometre south of Cognac. Both locations are communes of the Charente département in the Poitou-Charentes région of France. The base is home to the Ecole de Pilotage de l'Armee de l'Air, the air force initial pilot training school.
It was used by the German Luftwaffe in World War II. The Luftwaffe's operations included anti-submarine Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors as late as July 1944.
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