Paris - Le Bourget Airport

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nativename = Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget
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operator = Aéroports de Paris
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location = Le Bourget
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Paris - Le Bourget Airport ( _fr. Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget) Airport codes|LBG|LFPB is an airport located in Le Bourget and Dugny, 12 km north-northeast (NNE) of Paris, France. It is now used only for general aviation (business jets) as well as air shows.

The airport started commercial operations in 1919 and was for long Paris' only airport until the construction of Orly Airport. It is most famous as the landing site for Charles Lindbergh's historic solo transatlantic crossing in 1927, as well as the departure point two weeks earlier for the French biplane "The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc)", an aircraft which took off in its own attempt at a transatlantic flight but then mysteriously disappeared somewhere over the Atlantic (or possibly the American state of Maine). Le Bourget Airport was featured in the Dan Brown novel "The Da Vinci Code".

On June 17, 1961, the Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected at Le Bourget airport.

In 1977, Le Bourget airport was closed to international traffic and in 1980 to regional traffic, leaving only business jets to operate.

Le Bourget Airport hosts the French Museum of Air and Space ("Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace"), and, on odd years, the Paris Air Show.

This airport contains a statue commemorating Frenchwoman Raymonde de Laroche who was the first woman to earn a pilot's licence. There is also a monument honoring Lindbergh, Nungesser, and Coli.

References

*French Aeronautical Information Publication for AIP FR|LFPB (PDF) - PARIS LE BOURGET

External links

* [http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/Adp/en-GB/Passagers/ Aéroports de Paris] (official site) en icon
* [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/paris-le-bourget.php Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget] (Union des Aéroports Français) fr icon
* [http://www.mae.org/ Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace] (History of the Museum of Air and Space) fr icon
*WAD|LFPB