Brest Bretagne Airport

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Brest Bretagne Airport (French: Aéroport de Brest Bretagne) (IATA: BES, ICAO: LFRB), formerly known as Brest Guipavas Airport, is an international airport serving Brest, France. It is located in the commune of Guipavas and 10.2 km (6.4 miles) northeast of Brest, within the département of Finistère.^[1]

Brest Bretagne Airport Aéroport de Brest Bretagne
IATA: BES ICAO: LFRB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Chamber of Commerce
Serves	Brest, France
Location	Guipavas
Elevation AMSL	325 ft / 99 m
Coordinates	48°26′50″N 004°25′18″W
Website	www.brest.aeroport.bzh
Map
LFRB Location of airport in the Brittany region Show map of Brittany LFRB LFRB (France) Show map of France
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07R/25L 3,100 10,171 Asphalt 07L/25R 700 2,297 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 1,104,699 Passenger traffic change 5.6%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

Overview

The main airlines serving Brest are Air France and its subsidiary HOP!, serving for the most part Paris.^{[citation needed]} The airport has grown dramatically over the past decade thanks to charter airlines, as can be seen below.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Brest Bretagne Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Heraklion[3][4]
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin[5][6]
Air France	Lyon,[7] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[8] Seasonal: Biarritz
Chalair Aviation	Bordeaux Seasonal: Kerry,[9] Pau[10]
EasyJet	Seasonal: London–Gatwick (resumes 25 June 2025)[11]
Finist'air	Bordeaux, Ushant[12] Seasonal: Belle-Île,[13][14] Jersey, Vannes[13][14]
Transavia	Marrakesh,[15] Marseille, Toulon Seasonal: Porto[16]
Twin Jet	Seasonal: Metz/Nancy (begins 7 April 2025)[17]
Volotea	London–Gatwick,[18] Marseille,[19] Montpellier, Nice Seasonal: Ajaccio, Athens,[20] Barcelona,[21] Bastia, Faro, Figari, Heraklion (begins 27 April 2025),[22] Lanzarote,[23] Málaga,[24] Menorca,[25] Olbia,[26] Palermo,[27] Palma de Mallorca, Rome–Fiumicino,[28] Strasbourg,[29] Tenerife–South[30]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BES airport. See Wikidata query.

Year[31]	Passengers	Change
1997	614,023
1998	661,523	7.7%
1999	719,014	8.7%
2000	748,060	4.0%
2001	719,774	3.8%
2002	739,843	2.8%
2003	704,237	4.8%
2004	700,170	0.6%
2005	775,079	10.7%
2006	817,456	5.5%
2007	850,433	4.0%
2008	874,747	2.9%
2009	881,500	0.8%
2010	919,404	4.8%
2011	990,927	7.8%
2012	1,070,461	8.0%
2013	1,003,836	6.2%
2014	998,393	0.5%
2015	1,000,192	0.2%
2017	1,046,581	3.5%