Brest Bretagne Airport Explained

Brest Bretagne Airport
Nativename:Aéroport de Brest Bretagne
Iata:BES
Icao:LFRB
Type:Public
Coordinates:48.4472°N -4.4217°W
Pushpin Label:LFRB
Pushpin Label Position:right
Location:Guipavas
City-Served:Brest, France
Operator:Chamber of Commerce
Elevation-M:99
Elevation-F:325
Pushpin Map:France Bretagne#France
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in the Brittany region
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Length-F:10,171
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R1-Number:07R/25L
R1-Length-M:3,100
R2-Number:07L/25R
R2-Length-F:2,297
R2-Length-M:700
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2018
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:1,104,699
Stat2-Header:Passenger traffic change
Stat2-Data: 5.6%
Footnotes:Source: French AIP, Aeroport.fr[1]

Brest Bretagne Airport (French: link=no|Aéroport de Brest Bretagne), formerly known as Brest Guipavas Airport, is an international airport serving Brest, France. It is located in the commune of Guipavas and 10.2 km (6.4 miles) northeast of Brest, within the département of Finistère.

Overview

Though the main operator is Air France (and subsidiary HOP!), serving for the most part Paris, other scheduled services are offered elsewhere in France,United Kingdom and Ireland. The aggressive efforts the Chamber of Commerce conducted allowed the airport to grow dramatically over the past decade thanks to charter airlines, as can be seen below.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Brest Bretagne Airport:

Statistics

YearPassengersChange
1997614,023
1998661,523 7.7%
1999719,014 8.7%
2000748,060 4.0%
2001719,774 3.8%
2002739,843 2.8%
2003704,237 4.8%
2004700,170 0.6%
2005775,07910.7%
2006817,456 5.5%
2007850,433 4.0%
2008874,747 2.9%
2009881,500 0.8%
2010919,404 4.8%
2011990,927 7.8%
20121,070,461 8.0%
20131,003,836 6.2%
2014998,393 0.5%
20151,000,192 0.2%
20171,046,581 3.5%
[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018. aeroport.fr. 31 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Union des Aéroports Français. www.aeroport.fr. 2016-09-21.