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Lorient South Brittany Airport

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Airport type
  
Joint Mil-Civ airfield

Elevation AMSL
  
160 ft / 49 m

Address
  
56270 Ploemeur, France

Elevation
  
49 m

Serves
  
Lorient, France

02/20
  
1,670

Code
  
LRT

Phone
  
+33 2 97 87 21 50

Lorient South Brittany Airport

Operator
  
Morbihan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Fleet Air Arm

Website
  
www.lorient.aeroport.fr

Similar
  
Lorient South Brittany A, Gare de Plouharnel ‑ SNCF, Ouest France

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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.

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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

    Lorient South Brittany Airport Wikipedia
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