Paris - Le Bourget Airport

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Paris - Le Bourget
Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget
IATA: LBG - ICAO: LFPB
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aéroports de Paris
Serves Le Bourget
Elevation AMSL 218 ft (66 m)
Coordinates 48°58′10″N, 002°26′29″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8,743 2,665 Asphalt
07/25 9,843 3,000 Concrete
09/27 6,053 1,845 Asphalt

Paris - Le Bourget Airport (French: Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget) (IATA: LBGICAO: LFPB) is an airport located in Le Bourget and Dugny, 12 km north-northest (NNE) of Paris, France. It is now only used 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. 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, every other year, 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.


Le Bourget Airport
Le Bourget Airport


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