Lorient South Brittany Airport

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Lorient South Brittany Airport Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud
IATA: LRT – ICAO: LFRH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Morbihan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Serves		Lorient, France
Elevation AMSL		160 ft / 49 m
Coordinates		47°45′38″N 003°26′24″W / 47.76056, -3.44
Website		www.lorient.aeroport.fr
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
02/20	1,670[1] 2,070[2]	5,479 6,791	Asphalt[2]
07/25[1] 08/26[2]	2,403[1] 2,440[2]	7,884 8,005	Asphalt[2]
Source: French AIP[1] and airport website[2].

Lorient South Brittany Airport or Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud (IATA: LRT, ICAO: LFRH), also known as Lorient-Lann-Bihoué Airport, is the airport serving the city of Lorient. It is situated 5 km west-northwest of Lorient,^[1] a commune of the Morbihan département in the Brittany or Bretagne region of France.

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 during WWII to support German submarine operations from the nearby base in Lorient.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Aer Arann (Cork, Galway, Kerry, London-Luton, Waterford)
• Air France (Lyon, Paris-Orly)

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} French AIP for LORIENT LANN BIHOUÉ (LFRH) PDF
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Lorient South Brittany Airport (official site)

[edit] External links

• Lorient South Brittany Airport (official site) (English)
• Aéroport de Lorient-Bretagne Sud (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
• Lorient South Brittany Airport at WikiMapia
• Airport information for LFRH at World Aero Data
• Accident history for Lorient-Lann Bihoué Airport (LRT) at Aviation Safety Network