Brive–La Roche Airport

Brive–La Roche Airport Aérodrome de Brive – La Roche
IATA: BVE – ICAO: LFBV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Communauté d'Agglomération de Brive
Serves	Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Elevation AMSL	379 ft / 116 m
Coordinates	45°08′59″N 001°28′28″E / 45.14972°N 1.47444°E
Map
LFBV Location of airport in France
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 1,400 4,593 Asphalt
Source: French AIP[1]

Brive–La Roche Airport or Aérodrome de Brive – La Roche (IATA: BVE, ICAO: LFBV) was an airport located 3.5 kilometres (1.9 NM) west of Brive-la-Gaillarde,^[1] a commune of the Corrèze department in the Limousin region of France.

As of February 2011, the aerodrome is due for closure, and only accepts locally based planes.^[2] A new airport known as Brive–Souillac Airport or Brive–Dordogne Valley Airport (French: Aéroport Brive – Vallée de la Dordogne, 45°02′23″N 001°29′08″E / 45.03972°N 1.48556°E) opened on June 15, 2010.^[3] The Airlinair (now HOP!) flights to and from Paris–Orly airport have been transferred to this new airport^[4] as have all other passenger services.

References

1. LFBV – Brive La Roche (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 7 Jan 2016.
2. "LFBV – Brive la Roche". Navigeo. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
3. Home-page – Air&Cosmos. Air-cosmos.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
4. "Destinations: Brive". Airlinair. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

External links

• Aérodrome de Brive-Laroche at Communauté d'Agglomération de Brive (French)
• Airport information for LFBV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Accident history for BVE / LFBV: Brive-la-Gaillarde–Laroche Airport at Aviation Safety Network