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Cognac-Châteaubernard (BA 709) Air Base
LFBG / CNGCognac/Châteaubernard, FranceELEV 102 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Angoulême Brie-Champniers airport (ANG) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Cognac-Châteaubernard (BA 709) Air Base, listed as LFBG / CNG, is a mid-sized airport in Cognac/Châteaubernard, France. The airport sits 102 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into CNG for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Angoulême Brie-Champniers airport (ANG, 23 nm), Royan-Médis Airport (RYN, 28 nm), and Rochefort-Saint-Agnant (BA 721) Airport (RCO, 31 nm).
Charter pricing from CNG depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Cognac/Châteaubernard.
Field capability
ICAO
LFBG
IATA
CNG
FAA / Local
LFBG
Elevation
102 ft
Coordinates
45.6583° N · 0.3175° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs France fields
state range 7–3,362 ft
At 102 ft, CNG sits lower than 83% of the 135 France fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 23nmANGAngoulême Brie-Champniers airportAngoulême
- 28nmRYNRoyan-Médis AirportRoyan/Médis
- 31nmRCORochefort-Saint-Agnant (BA 721) AirportRochefort/Saint-Agnant
- 39nmNITNiort - Marais Poitevin AirportNiort/Souché
- 48nmLRHLa Rochelle Île de Ré AirportLa Rochelle
- 53nmBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportBordeaux
Location
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