| Lorient South Brittany Airport (Lann Bihoué) | |
| Nativename: | Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud |
| Iata: | LRT |
| Icao: | LFRH |
| Type: | Joint mil-civ airfield |
| Operator: | Morbihan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Fleet Air Arm |
| City-Served: | Lorient, France |
| Elevation-M: | 49 |
| Elevation-F: | 160 |
| Coordinates: | 47.7606°N -3.44°W |
| Pushpin Map: | France Bretagne#France |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | LFRH |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Brittany |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 02/20 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,670 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,479 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 07/25 |
| R2-Length-M: | 2,403 |
| R2-Length-F: | 7,883 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source: French AIP and airport website[1] |
Lorient South Brittany Airport or Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud, 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.
The following airline operates regular scheduled and charter flights at Lorient Airport:
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:
These units also form the airwing which is assigned to the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.