Brest Bretagne Airport

Brest Bretagne Airport (French: Aéroport de Brest Bretagne) (IATA: BES, ICAO: LFRB), 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.[1]

Brest Bretagne Airport

Aéroport de Brest Bretagne
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorChamber of Commerce
ServesBrest, France
LocationGuipavas
Elevation AMSL325 ft / 99 m
Coordinates48°26′50″N 004°25′18″W / 48.44722°N 4.42167°W / 48.44722; -4.42167
Websitewww.brest.aeroport.bzh
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LFRB is located in Brittany
LFRB
LFRB
Location of airport in the Brittany region
LFRB is located in France
LFRB
LFRB
LFRB (France)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07R/25L 3,100 10,171 Asphalt
07L/25R 700 2,297 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,104,699
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 5.6%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

Overview

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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

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Heraklion[3][4]
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin[5]
Air France Lyon,[6] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[7]
Seasonal: Biarritz
Chalair Aviation Bordeaux
Seasonal: Kerry,[8] Pau[9]
Finist'air Bordeaux, Ushant
Seasonal: Belle-Île,[10][11] Jersey, Vannes[10][11]
Transavia Marrakesh,[12] Marseille, Toulon
Seasonal: Porto[13]
Volotea London–Gatwick,[14] Marseille,[15] Montpellier, Nice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Athens,[16] Barcelona,[17] Bastia, Faro, Figari, Lanzarote,[18] Málaga,[19] Menorca,[20] Olbia,[21] Palermo,[22] Palma de Mallorca, Rome–Fiumicino,[23] Strasbourg,[24] Tenerife-South[25]

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at BES airport. See Wikidata query.
Year[26] Passengers Change
1997 614,023
1998 661,523   7.7%
1999 719,014   8.7%
2000 748,060   4.0%
2001 719,774   3.8%
2002 739,843   2.8%
2003 704,237   4.8%
2004 700,170   0.6%
2005 775,079  10.7%
2006 817,456   5.5%
2007 850,433   4.0%
2008 874,747   2.9%
2009 881,500   0.8%
2010 919,404   4.8%
2011 990,927   7.8%
2012 1,070,461   8.0%
2013 1,003,836   6.2%
2014 998,393   0.5%
2015 1,000,192   0.2%
2017 1,046,581   3.5%

References

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  1. ^ a b LFRB – BREST GUIPAVAS. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Flight schedule".
  4. ^ "Aegean Airlines NS24 Animawings A320 Operations".
  5. ^ "Emerald Airlines - Aer Lingus Regional to Commence New Services to Liverpool and the Northwest of France to Brest, Brittany, from Dublin".
  6. ^ "Air France NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Air France NW22 Paris CDG Europe Frequency Variations – 23OCT22". Aeroroutes.
  8. ^ Goodbody, Will (27 March 2023). "Kerry Airport to get two new summer routes to France". RTE News.
  9. ^ "Chalair". www.chalair.fr.
  10. ^ a b "Vannes Belle-Ile (Tarif des vols)".
  11. ^ a b "Finistair".
  12. ^ "Transavia relie Brest et Marrakech cet hiver – Air Journal". 7 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Transavia mantém rota Porto-Brest (França) no próximo Inverno". 9 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Volotea lance une ligne régulière entre Brest et Londres dès cet automne - France Bleu". 18 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Aéroport Marseille Provence: Volotea ouvre trois nouvelles lignes".
  16. ^ "La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes". 8 November 2023.
  17. ^ "La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes". 8 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".
  19. ^ "Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
  20. ^ "Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
  21. ^ "Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
  22. ^ "La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes". 8 November 2023.
  23. ^ "Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
  24. ^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".
  25. ^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".
  26. ^ "Union des Aéroports Français". www.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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