Airports / France / BES
Brest Bretagne airport
LFRB / BESBrest, FranceELEV 325 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lanvéoc-Poulmic Air Base (LFRL) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Brest Bretagne airport (LFRB / BES) is a large commercial airport serving Brest, France. The field lies at an elevation of 325 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
BES has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lanvéoc-Poulmic Air Base (LFRL, 10 nm), Landivisiau Air Base (LDV, 12 nm), and Morlaix-Ploujean Airport (MXN, 26 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BES vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BES, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LFRB
IATA
BES
FAA / Local
LFRB
Elevation
325 ft
Coordinates
48.4479° N · 4.4185° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs France fields
state range 7–3,362 ft
At 325 ft, BES sits lower than 56% 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.
- 10nmLFRLLanvéoc-Poulmic Air BaseLanvéoc/Poulmic
- 12nmLDVLandivisiau Air BaseLandivisiau
- 26nmMXNMorlaix-Ploujean AirportMorlaix/Ploujean
- 30nmUIPQuimper-Cornouaille AirportQuimper/Pluguffan
- 42nmLAILannion AirportLannion
- 57nmLRTLorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) AirportLorient/Lann/Bihoué
Location
Open the full mapLFRB · Brest Bretagne airport · Brest, France