- Lorient South Brittany Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Lorient South Brittany Airport
nativename = Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud
IATA = LRT
ICAO = LFRH
type = Public
owner =
operator = Morbihan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
city-served =Lorient ,France
location =
elevation-f = 160
elevation-m = 49
coordinates = coord|47|45|38|N|003|26|24|W|type:airport_region:FR|display=inline
website = [http://www.lorient.aeroport.fr/ www.lorient.aeroport.fr]
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 02/20
r1-length-m = 1,670 2,070
r1-length-f = 5,479 6,791
r1-surface =Asphalt
r2-number = 07/25 08/26
r2-length-m = 2,403 2,440
r2-length-f = 7,884 8,005
r2-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: French AIPAIP_FR|LFRH|name=LORIENT LANN BIHOUÉ] and airport website [http://www.lorient.aeroport.fr/ Lorient South Brittany Airport] (official site)] .Lorient South Brittany Airport or "Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud" airport codes|LRT|LFRH, also known as Lorient-Lann-Bihoué Airport, is the
airport serving the city ofLorient . It is situated 5 km west-northwest of Lorient, a "commune" of theMorbihan "département" in theBrittany or "Bretagne " region ofFrance .The airport's surprisingly large size (almost 3 km by 3 km, about half the size of
O'Hare in Chicago) is explained by the fact that it was built duringWWII to support German submarine operations from the nearby base inLorient .Airlines and destinations
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Aer Arann (Cork, Galway, Kerry, London-Luton, Waterford)
*Air France (Lyon, Paris-Orly)References
External links
* [http://www.lorient.aeroport.fr/uk/ Lorient South Brittany Airport] (official site) en icon
* [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/lorient-bretagne-sud.php Aéroport de Lorient-Bretagne Sud] (Union des Aéroports Français) fr icon
*WikiMapia|47.7606|-3.4400|13
*WAD|LFRH
*ASN|LRT| Lorient-Lann Bihoué Airport (LRT)
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