Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base

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Cognac - Châteaubernard Air Base

Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard

IATA: CNG
ICAO: LFBG

Summary

Airport type

Military

Owner

Government of France

Operator

Armée de l'air et de l'espace

Location

Cognac / Châteaubernard

Elevation AMSL

102 ft / 31 m

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
05/23	2,423	7,949	Paved
09/27	1,875	6,152	Paved

Sources: French AIP^[1]

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Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base (French: Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard or BA 709) (IATA: CNG, ICAO: LFBG) is a base of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) located in Châteaubernard, 2.8 kilometres south of Cognac.^[1] Both locations are communes of the Charente département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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 Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors as late as July 1944.^[2]

Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper^[3]
Escadron de Drones 2/33 Savoie with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper^[3]
Escadron de Transformation Opérationnelle Drones 3/33 Moselle
École de Pilotage de l’Armée de l’Air 315 Général Jarry with Pilatus PC-21 and the Grob G 120^[3]
Escadron D'Instruction en Vol 1/13 Artois^[3]
Escadron D'Instruction en Vol 2/12 Picardie^[3]

[1]
LFBG – Cognac Châteaubernard. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 3 October 2024.
[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.
[3]
"Chiffres clés de l'Armée de l'air - L'Armée de l'air en chiffres : 2019-2020 (FR)". French Air and Space Force. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

Official site (in French)
BA 709 Cognac at French Air Force site (in French)
Airport Chart at French Air Force site (in French)
Aéroport de Cognac - Châteaubernard page at Union des Aéroports Français (in French)
Current weather for LFBG at NOAA/NWS
Accident history for CNG / LFBG: Cognac-Parvaud Airport at Aviation Safety Network