Airports / France / LFXA
Ambérieu Air Base (BA 278)
LFXAAmbérieu, FranceELEV 823 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
19 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Ambérieu Air Base (BA 278), listed as LFXA, is a mid-sized airport in Ambérieu, France. The field lies at an elevation of 823 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
LFXA has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS, 19 nm), Lyon Bron Airport (LYN, 22 nm), and Mâcon-Charnay Airfield (LFLM, 29 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LFXA vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LFXA, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LFXA
IATA
—
FAA / Local
LFXA
Elevation
823 ft
Coordinates
45.9873° N · 5.3284° E
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 823 ft, LFXA sits higher than 80% 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.
- 19nmLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportColombier-Saugnieu, Rhône
- 22nmLYNLyon Bron AirportChassieu, Lyon
- 29nmLFLMMâcon-Charnay AirfieldCharnay-lès-Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire
- 31nmCMFChambéry Aix les Bains airportChambéry
- 32nmNCYAnnecy Meythet airportAnnecy
- 36nmGVAGeneva International AirportGeneva
Location
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