Brest Bretagne airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Brest, Brittany (France)

IATA: BES ICAO: LFRB

Longest Active Runway

10,171 ft

3,100 meters

Field Elevation

325 ft

99 m MSL

Runway Inventory

2 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

48.4479°, -4.4185°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #512 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#838 of 7558

Top 11.2% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (France)

tied #7 of 9 in FR

same length as BOD · #9 of 119 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+1.7%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 BES in numbers: 10,171 ft longest runway · tied #512 of 650 published · #838 of 7,558 worldwide (top 11.2%) · tied #7 in France.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

BES lies at 99 m (325 ft), #323 of 650 published airports by elevation and 44.3 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 67 ft below the France median (392 ft, 9 airports); CFE is highest at 1,090 ft, 765 ft higher than BES.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of BES. Nearest published airport: London Gatwick Airport (LGW), 231 NM, 10,883 ft (712 ft longer than BES); 2 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,171 ft (3,100 m)

BES runways: 07R/25L 10,171 × 148 ft asphalt (asp); 07L/25R 2,297 × 59 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: tied #7 of 9 in France with BOD at 10,171 ft; CDG leads by 3,658 ft (13,829 ft). +1.7% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
07R/25L	10,171 ft (3100 m / 3.100 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
07L/25R	2,297 ft (700 m / 0.700 km)	59 ft (18m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	❌ Unlighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →