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]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Chamber of Commerce | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Brest, France | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Guipavas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 325 ft / 99 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°26′50″N 004°25′18″W / 48.44722°N 4.42167°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Overview
editThough 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
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Brest Bretagne Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| 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
editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Annual passenger traffic at BES airport.
See Wikidata query.
| Year[26] | Passengers | Change |
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| 1997 | 614,023 | |
| 1998 | 661,523 |  7.7%
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| 1999 | 719,014 | 8.7%
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| 2000 | 748,060 | 4.0%
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| 2001 | 719,774 |  3.8%
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| 2002 | 739,843 | 2.8%
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| 2003 | 704,237 | 4.8%
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| 2004 | 700,170 | 0.6%
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| 2005 | 775,079 | 10.7%
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| 2006 | 817,456 | 5.5%
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| 2007 | 850,433 | 4.0%
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| 2008 | 874,747 | 2.9%
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| 2009 | 881,500 | 0.8%
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| 2010 | 919,404 | 4.8%
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| 2011 | 990,927 | 7.8%
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| 2012 | 1,070,461 | 8.0%
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| 2013 | 1,003,836 | 6.2%
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| 2014 | 998,393 | 0.5%
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| 2015 | 1,000,192 | 0.2%
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| 2017 | 1,046,581 | 3.5%
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References
edit- ^ a b LFRB – BREST GUIPAVAS. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Flight schedule".
- ^ "Aegean Airlines NS24 Animawings A320 Operations".
- ^ "Emerald Airlines - Aer Lingus Regional to Commence New Services to Liverpool and the Northwest of France to Brest, Brittany, from Dublin".
- ^ "Air France NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Air France NW22 Paris CDG Europe Frequency Variations – 23OCT22". Aeroroutes.
- ^ Goodbody, Will (27 March 2023). "Kerry Airport to get two new summer routes to France". RTE News.
- ^ "Chalair". www.chalair.fr.
- ^ a b "Vannes Belle-Ile (Tarif des vols)".
- ^ a b "Finistair".
- ^ "Transavia relie Brest et Marrakech cet hiver – Air Journal". 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Transavia mantém rota Porto-Brest (França) no próximo Inverno". 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Volotea lance une ligne régulière entre Brest et Londres dès cet automne - France Bleu". 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Aéroport Marseille Provence: Volotea ouvre trois nouvelles lignes".
- ^ "La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes". 8 November 2023.
- ^ "La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes". 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".
- ^ "Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
- ^ "Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
- ^ "Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
- ^ "La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes". 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
- ^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".
- ^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24".
- ^ "Union des Aéroports Français". www.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
External links
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Media related to Brest Bretagne airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Brest Bretagne Airport (official site)
- Aéroport de Brest Bretagne (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
- Current weather for LFRB at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BES at Aviation Safety Network
