Bourges Airfield
| Aéroport de Bourges | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | LFLD | ||
| IATA code | BOU | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 23 m (75 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 3 km southwest of Bourges | ||
| Street | N 151 | ||
| Basic data | |||
| opening | July 1, 1928 | ||
| operator | ALAT / CCI Cher | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 06/24 | 1550 m × 45 m asphalt | ||
The Aéroport de Bourges is a military airfield of the Aviation légère de l'armée de Terre (ALAT), the French army aviators. It is also used civilly, operated by the local Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The base is in the Region Center-Val de Loire in the department of Cher in the southwest of Bourges . There is also a grass runway parallel to the main lift.
history
The airfield already served the military during the Second World War . After the occupation of France by the German Wehrmacht , it was used by the Air Force . Bourges was initially a bomber base during the Battle of Britain, the first unit between June 1940 and March 1941 was the II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 27 (II./KG 27) equipped with He 111H / P. Later, from mid-June to December 1941, the supplementary squadron of Kampfgeschwader 28, equipped with the same aircraft, was located here, and in December of the same year the IV. Group of Kampfgeschwader 100 (IV./KG 100), which only included the H series Persisted. For some time in 1942 the last bomber formation was the IV. Group of Kampfgeschwader 77 (IV./KG 77) equipped with Ju 88A . From mid-January 1943 to early May 1944, Bourges was home to the C 15 pilot school . In addition, the 1st squadron of Jagdgeschwader 105 (1./JG 105) came between the beginning of December 1943 and mid-March 1944 and then the squadron staff (S./JG 105) was located here until the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy . All three associations flew a number of different types of aircraft.
Airfield Y.49 , its allied code name, was used by American transport aircraft during the further course of the war.
Military use
The Army Aviators ALAT operate a training center on the south side of the runways, the École Militaire de Bourges (EMB), which among other things flies the Gazelle .
Civil use
Bourges is not served on scheduled services. The company MBDA operates a factory for the manufacture of missiles at the north end of the airport.
Web links
- Military school website (French)
- Aeronautical map for Bourges Airfield on SkyVector.com