Lorient South Brittany Airport or ''Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud'' , also known as Lorient-Lann-Bihoué Airport, is the

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serving the city of

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...

. It is situated 5 km west-northwest of Lorient, a ''

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'' of the

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...

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'' in the

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Airlines and destinations

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

Statistics

Military use

The airport is comparatively large, 3 km by 3 km, which is due to its being built during the

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to support

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operations from the nearby base in

. It is also known as Lann Bihoue Naval Air Base (Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué) and is one of the

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bases, currently hosting: *

Flottille 4F Flotille 4F (abbreviated to 4F) is a French French Naval Aviation, Aeronavale aircraft squadron based at Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué and equipped with three Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, these aircraft ...

with

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* Flottille 21F with

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* Flottille 23F with

* Flottille 24F with Falcon 50 M * Flottille 28F with

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

Accidents

*On July 30, 1998,

Proteus Airlines Flight 706 Proteus Airlines Flight 706 was a scheduled commuter flight from Lyon, France to Lorient, France. On July 30, 1998, the Beechcraft 1900D operating the flight collided in mid-air with a Cessna 177 over Quiberon Bay. This accident was known as ...

collided with a Cessna after flying off-course on approach to the airport, leading to the deaths of the people on both planes.

References

External links

Base Aeronavale Lann BihoueLorient South Brittany Airport
(official site)
Aéroport de Lorient-Bretagne Sud
(Union des Aéroports Français) * Airports in Brittany Lorient Buildings and structures in Morbihan {{France-airport-stub