Brest Bretagne Airport

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Brest Bretagne Airport
Aéroport de Brest Bretagne
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorChamber of Commerce
ServesBrest, France
LocationGuipavas
Elevation AMSL325 ft / 99 m
Coordinates48°26′50″N 004°25′18″W / 48.44722°N 4.42167°W / 48.44722; -4.42167
Websitewww.brest.aeroport.bzh
Map
LFRB
Location of airport in the Brittany region
LFRB
LFRB (France)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07R/25L 3,100 10,171 Asphalt
07L/25R 700 2,297 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,104,699
Passenger traffic change 5.6%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

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]

Overview

The main airlines serving Brest are Air France and its subsidiary HOP!, serving for the most part Paris. 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:

AirlinesDestinations
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

PassengersYear400,000600,000800,0001,000,0001,200,0001,400,0001995200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
Year[30] Passengers Change
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%

References

  1. ^ a b LFRB – BREST GUIPAVAS. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 19 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Lassetter, Jon (14 March 2023). "Brest traffic in 2022 30% below 2019 peak; Air France has half of capacity; Aer Lingus is coming in May". Air Service One. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  4. ^ Eymery, Céline (8 July 2022). "Air France inaugure sa nouvelle ligne saisonnière Brest-Biarritz". TourMaG, le média spécialiste du tourisme francophone (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  5. ^ Lassetter, Jon (9 March 2023). "New Route of the Day (8 March 2023): Chalair between Brest and Paris ORY". Air Service One. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  6. ^ Goodbody, Will (27 March 2023). "Kerry Airport to get two new summer routes to France". RTE News.
  7. ^ "New French Routes Announced for Kerry Airport". 16 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  8. ^ Lilley, Zane (23 June 2025). "New London - Brest easyJet route to begin this week". Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  9. ^ Olivier, Nicolas (17 November 2021). "Finistair lance une liaison aérienne entre Brest et Bordeaux - ICI". ICI, le média de la vie locale (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  10. ^ Brown, Andy (16 May 2025). "Three airlines interested in running Alderney-Jersey service". Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Finistair".
  12. ^ John, Charley-Kai (7 June 2025). "New direct flights to France and Alderney announced". Bailiwick Express News Jersey. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  13. ^ Louaunt, Paul (2 May 2025). "On the Brest - Ouessant route, why the price of an airline ticket could triple". Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  14. ^ Olivier, Nicolas (22 April 2021). "La compagnie Finistair va desservir Belle-Île-en-Mer depuis Brest et Vannes - ICI". ICI, le média de la vie locale (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  15. ^ Babas, Latifa (14 May 2025). "Morocco adds 14 new direct flights from France in winter 2025 under ONMT–Transavia deal". Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  16. ^ "Transavia relie Brest et Marrakech cet hiver – Air Journal". 7 November 2023.
  17. ^ a b Lassetter, Jon (3 January 2022). "Transavia France operated 21% of seats on domestic routes in 2021; will have 61 737-800s in summer 2022". Air Service One. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  18. ^ Karp, Aaron (11 October 2023). "Transavia France To Launch Paris Orly-Tallinn Flights In 2024". Aviation Week. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  19. ^ "Transavia mantém rota Porto-Brest (França) no próximo Inverno". 9 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Aéroport Marseille Provence: Volotea ouvre trois nouvelles lignes". 23 November 2022.
  21. ^ Guillemin, Florian (31 July 2024). "Montpellier-Rennes flight coming soon". Business travel. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  22. ^ a b c d Lassetter, Jon (25 April 2024). "New Routes of the Day (18 April 2024): Volotea's new routes from Brest". Air Service One. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  23. ^ Charpentreau, Clement (12 September 2022). "Volotea flight goes around after approaching French airbase for landing - AeroTime". Aerotime Aero. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  24. ^ a b c "La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes". 8 November 2023.
  25. ^ a b c d Citrinot, Luc (6 December 2023). "Brest becomes Volotea's 9th base in France". Business travel. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  26. ^ "Volotea: New Brest – Heraklion connection in summer 2025". 17 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  27. ^ D, Tania (9 August 2024). "Airline Updates: Exciting New Flight Routes to Lanzarote". Lanzarote Retreats. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  28. ^ Lassetter, Jon (4 December 2024). "Strasbourg welcomes back easyJet but loses Turkish Airlines and Air France; Volotea now dominant carrier". Air Service One. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  29. ^ Guillemin, Florian (8 November 2024). "Volotea joins Brest on the road to Europe, like easyJet in Nice". Business travel. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  30. ^ "Union des Aéroports Français". www.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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". NOAA/NWS.
  • Accident history for BES at Aviation Safety Network
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