Brest Bretagne Airport
Airport in Guipavas
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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]
Brest Bretagne Airport Aéroport de Brest Bretagne | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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  LFRB Location of airport in the Brittany region  LFRB LFRB (France) | |||||||||||||||
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| Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2] | |||||||||||||||
Overview
The main airlines serving Brest are Air France and its subsidiary HOP!, serving for the most part Paris.[citation needed] The airport has grown dramatically over the past decade thanks to charter airlines, as can be seen below.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Brest Bretagne Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal: Heraklion[3] |
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin[3] |
| Air France | Lyon,[3] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[3] Seasonal: Biarritz[4] |
| Chalair Aviation | Bordeaux[5] Seasonal: Kerry,[6] Pau[7] |
| EasyJet | Seasonal: London–Gatwick[8] |
| Finist'air | Bordeaux,[9] Ushant[10] Seasonal: Belle-Île,[11] Jersey,[12] Ushant,[13] Vannes[14] |
| Transavia | Agadir,[15] Marrakesh,[16] Marseille,[17] Toulon[17], Toulouse[18] Seasonal: Porto[19] |
| Volotea | Marseille,[20] Montpellier,[21] Nice[22] Seasonal: Ajaccio,[23] Athens,[24] Barcelona,[24] Bastia,[22] Faro,[25] Figari,[22] Heraklion,[26] Lanzarote,[27] Málaga,[25] Menorca,[25] Olbia,[25] Palermo,[24] Palma de Mallorca,[22] Strasbourg,[28] Tenerife–South[29] |
Statistics
| Year[30] | Passengers | Change |
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| 1997 | 614,023 | |
| 1998 | 661,523 |  7.7% |
| 1999 | 719,014 | 8.7% |
| 2000 | 748,060 | 4.0% |
| 2001 | 719,774 |  3.8% |
| 2002 | 739,843 | 2.8% |
| 2003 | 704,237 | 4.8% |
| 2004 | 700,170 | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 775,079 | 10.7% |
| 2006 | 817,456 | 5.5% |
| 2007 | 850,433 | 4.0% |
| 2008 | 874,747 | 2.9% |
| 2009 | 881,500 | 0.8% |
| 2010 | 919,404 | 4.8% |
| 2011 | 990,927 | 7.8% |
| 2012 | 1,070,461 | 8.0% |
| 2013 | 1,003,836 | 6.2% |
| 2014 | 998,393 | 0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,000,192 | 0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,046,581 | 3.5% |
