Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base

Coordinates: 45°39′30″N 000°19′03″W / 45.65833°N 0.31750°W / 45.65833; -0.31750

Cognac - Châteaubernard Air Base
Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard
IATA: CNG – ICAO: LFBG
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator CCI de Cognac
Location Cognac / Châteaubernard
Elevation AMSL 102 ft / 31 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,423 7,949 Paved
09/27 1,875 6,152 Paved
Sources: French AIP[1]

Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base (French: Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard or BA 709) (IATA: CNG, ICAO: LFBG) is a base of the French Air Force located in Châteaubernard, 2.8 kilometre south of Cognac.[1] Both locations are communes of the Charente département in the Poitou-Charentes région of France. The base is home to the Ecole de Pilotage de l'Armee de l'Air, the air force initial pilot training school.

It was used by the German Luftwaffe in World War II. The Luftwaffe's operations included anti-submarine Fw-200 Condors as late as July 1944.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 LFBG – Cognac Châteaubernard (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 7 Jan 2016.
  2. ↑ Robin Olds, Fighter Pilot," (St. Martin's Press, New York, 2010) p. 57. He tells of a Condor being shot down by his P-38 squadron as it took off.

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