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Lorient South Brittany Airport or ''Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud'' , also known as Lorient-Lann-Bihoué Airport, is the
airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
serving the city of
Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presen ...
. 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 coastl ...
''
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'' in the
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
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of
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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
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
to support German submarine operations from the nearby base in
Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presen ...
. It is also known as Lann Bihoue Naval Air Base (Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué) and is one of the
French Naval Aviation French Naval Aviation (often abbreviated in French to: ''Aéronavale'' (contraction of Aéronautique navale), or ''Aviation navale'', or more simply ''l'Aéro'') is the naval air arm of the French Navy. The long-form official designation is ' ...
bases, currently hosting: * Flottille 4F with
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft ...
* Flottille 21F with
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* Flottille 23F with
Atlantique 2 Atlantique may refer to: * ''Atlantique'' (film), a 2019 film * Atlantique Department in Benin * SNCF's TGV Atlantique class of high-speed trains * The Breguet Atlantique airplane * Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire-based shipyard * The V ...
* Flottille 24F with Falcon 50 M * Flottille 28F with
Embraer Xingu The Embraer EMB 121 Xingu (pronounced "''shingoo''") is a twin-turboprop fixed-wing aircraft built by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer. The design is based on the EMB 110 Bandeirante, using its wing and engine design merged with an a ...
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