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Brest Bretagne airport (France)
Brest Bretagne airport is located near Brest, with Créach Burguy at 1mi↑, Guipavas at 1mi↑, Gouesnou at 2mi↑, Kersaint-Plabennec at 3mi↑, Le Relecq-Kerhuon at 3mi↑, Plabennec at 4mi↑, Lanrédec at 4mi↑, Bohars at 5mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in France and Southernmost airports in France
→ See also airports in France
aerial view of Brest Bretagne airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LFRB
- IATA code : BES
- Local code : -
Elevation : 99 m = 325ft
→ See also Highest airports in France and Lowest airports in France
Runways
- runway 07R/25L : 3100m = 10171ft
- runway 07L/25R : 700m = 2297ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in France
Coming to Brest Bretagne airport
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- Kerhuon train station at 3mi
- Brest train station at 5mi
- La Forest-Landerneau train station at 5mi
By plane :
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Aviation weather for Brest Bretagne airport LFRB BES
METAR for Brest Bretagne airport LFRB BES
LFRB 092030Z AUTO 04006KT 9999 FEW011 OVC100 12/09 Q1016 TEMPO SHRA BKN030CB
Decoded METAR for Brest Bretagne airport LFRB BES
METAR issued by LFRB on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 20:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 16 hours and 47 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 12°C = 54°F, dew point is 9°C = 48°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 82 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30inHg
Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 40°.
Clouds : few clouds at 1100ft = 340m. overcast at 10000ft = 3050m.
Temporarily shower rain broken at 030 presence of cumulonimbus
Caution : Aviation weather reports the presence of cumulonimbus (CB) clouds, which are known to be dangerous for aircraft because they are associated with winds that can be violent and that change speed and direction very quickly, horizontally and vertically (updrafts and downdrafts). They are also associated with thunderstorms, rain showers and hail that can be violent. It is therefore recommended to avoid them as much as possible.TAF for Brest Bretagne airport LFRB BES
LFRB 091700Z 0918/1024 05010KT 9999 SCT030 TEMPO 0918/0920 4000 SHRA BKN030CB PROB40 TEMPO 0918/0920 VRB15G25KT 2000 TSRA PROB30 TEMPO 0920/1010 SHRA BKN030CB TEMPO 1010/1018 4000 SHRA BKN020CB PROB40 TEMPO 1012/1018 VRB15G30KT 2000 TSRAGR BKN008 BECMG 1018/1020 VRB05KT
Decoded TAF for Brest Bretagne airport LFRB BES
TAF issued by LFRB on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 17:00 UTC, issued 20 hours and 17 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, May 9, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 10, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
0918/1024 05010KT 9999 SCT030
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 50°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m
temporarily from Friday, May 9, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Friday, May 9, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0918/0920 4000 SHRA BKN030CB
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
shower rain
broken at 3000ft = 910m
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Friday, May 9, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Friday, May 9, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 0918/0920 VRB15G25KT 2000 TSRA
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is °
Visibility is 2km = 1mi.
thunderstorm rain
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday, May 9, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 10, 2025 à 10:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 0920/1010 SHRA BKN030CB
shower rain
broken at 3000ft = 910m
temporarily from Saturday, May 10, 2025 à 10:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 10, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1010/1018 4000 SHRA BKN020CB
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
shower rain
broken at 2000ft = 610m
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Saturday, May 10, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 10, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 1012/1018 VRB15G30KT 2000 TSRAGR BKN008
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is °
Visibility is 2km = 1mi.
thunderstorm rain hail
broken at 800ft = 240m
becoming from Saturday, May 10, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 10, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1018/1020 VRB05KT
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is °
VAC for Brest Bretagne airport LFRB BES
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Brest Bretagne airport
Around Brest Bretagne airport (France)
near
- Hotels in Créach Burguy
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 308mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 308mi↑
- Bordeaux at 309mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 309mi↑
- Paris at 310mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 310mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 310mi↑
- Vieux Boucau at 353mi↑
- Hôtel La Côte d'Argent (Vieux-Boucau) at 353mi↑
- Hôtel La Paloma (Hossegor) at 360mi↑
- Hôtel & Spa Villa Seren (Hossegor) at 360mi↑
- Capbreton at 361mi↑
- for Brest Bretagne airport at 0mi↑
- for Amirauté airport at 6mi↑
- for La Cavale Blanche Centre Hospitalier airport at 6mi↑
nearest airports to Brest Bretagne airport (France)
- Amirauté heliport ( FR-0046) at 6mi↑
- La Cavale Blanche Centre Hospitalier heliport ( FR-0053) at 6mi↑
- Base d'aéronautique navale de Lanvéoc-Poulmic airport (LFRL ) at 12mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Plouarzel ultralight airfield ( LF2921) at 13mi↑
- Plouarzel ultralight airfield ( FR-0446) at 13mi↑
- Base Aéronavale de Landivisiau airport (LFRJ LDV ) at 13mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Île-Molène heliport ( FR-0463) at 25mi↑
- Ouessant airport (LFEC ) at 30mi↑NOTAM
- Morlaix-Ploujean airport (LFRU MXN ) at 30mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Mairie heliport ( FR-0054) at 32mi↑
- Le Grand Chêne ultralight airfield ( LF2925) at 33mi↑
- Quimper-Cornouaille airport (LFRQ UIP ) at 35mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in France
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap