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Mont de Marsan Air Base

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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Mont-de-Marsan, France

09/27
  
3,603

Owner
  
Government of France

Operator
  
Armée de l'air

Elevation AMSL
  
203 ft / 62 m

3,603
  
11,821

Mont-de-Marsan Air Base

Mont-de-Marsan Air Base (French: Base aérienne 118 Mont-de-Marsan) (ICAO: LFBM) is a front-line French Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air) (ALA) fighter base located approximately 2 km north of Mont-de-Marsan, in the Landes department of the Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The airport resides at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,603 metres (11,821 ft) in length.

The Air Base is home to two squadrons of Dassault Rafale, the most advanced French fighter aircraft.

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Mont-de-Marsan Air Base Wikipedia