Brive – Souillac Airport
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Brive – Souillac Airport is an international airport
located 13 kilometres (13,000,000,000,000 nm) south of Brive-la-Gaillarde
, a commune
of the Corrèze
department in the Limousin
region of France
. Commercially called Brive – Dordogne Valley Airport , it replaces the older Brive – La Roche Airport (45°08′59"N 001°28′28"E). The official inauguration was on June 15, 2010. Its ICAO code LFSL was previously assigned to the military Toul-Rosières Air Base
, closed since 2004.
The Airlinair flights to and from Paris-Orly airport have been transferred to this new airport. Cityjet
, part of Air France-KLM
, operated a seasonal route to London City Airport
from June 25 to September 13, 2010. Due to good results, the service was extended until October 31, 2010.
of 1016 feet (310 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway
designated 11/29 which measures 2100 by 45 m (6,889.8 by 147.6 ). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a grass
surface measuring 1000 by 80 m (3,280.8 by 262.5 ).
International airport
An international airport is any airport that can accommodate flights from other countries and are typically equipped with customs and immigration facilities to handle these flights to and from other countries...
located 13 kilometres (13,000,000,000,000 nm) south of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Corrèze department. The population of the urban area was 89,260 as of 1999. Although it is by far the biggest commune in Corrèze, the capital is Tulle.-History:...
, a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of the Corrèze
Corrèze
Corrèze is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River.The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens or Corréziennes according to gender.-History:...
department in the Limousin
Limousin (région)
Limousin is one of the 27 regions of France. It is composed of three départements: Corrèze, Creuse and the Haute-Vienne.Situated largely in the Massif Central, as of January 1st 2008, the Limousin comprised 740,743 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 km2, making it the second least populated region of...
region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Commercially called Brive – Dordogne Valley Airport , it replaces the older Brive – La Roche Airport (45°08′59"N 001°28′28"E). The official inauguration was on June 15, 2010. Its ICAO code LFSL was previously assigned to the military Toul-Rosières Air Base
Toul-Rosieres Air Base
Toul-Rosières Air Base is a reserve French Air Force base. It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of France, 10 miles northeast of the city of Toul, on the west side of the Route nationale 411 Highway about one mile southeast of Rosières-en-Haye.Toul Air Base was used by American...
, closed since 2004.
The Airlinair flights to and from Paris-Orly airport have been transferred to this new airport. Cityjet
Cityjet
CityJet Limited is an Irish regional airline headquartered in the Swords Business Campus in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. It operates at London City Airport, and flies franchise services on behalf of its parent company Air France from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. Since the take over of VLM...
, part of Air France-KLM
Air France-KLM
Air France-KLM is a European airline holding company incorporated under French law with its headquarters at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Tremblay-en-France, Paris...
, operated a seasonal route to London City Airport
London City Airport
London City Airport is a single-runway airport. It principally serves the financial district of London and is located on a former Docklands site, east of the City of London, opposite the London Regatta Centre, in the London Borough of Newham in east London. It was developed by the engineering...
from June 25 to September 13, 2010. Due to good results, the service was extended until October 31, 2010.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 1016 feet (310 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 11/29 which measures 2100 by 45 m (6,889.8 by 147.6 ). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
surface measuring 1000 by 80 m (3,280.8 by 262.5 ).
Airlines and destinations
External links
- L'Aéroport Brive-Vallée de la Dordogne at Communauté d'Agglomération de Brive