BES — Brest Bretagne airport
Large airport in Brest, France.
- IATA code
- BES
- ICAO code
- LFRB
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 906,932
- 2025 · −3.0% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 19
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Europe/Paris
- Elevation
- 99 m
- 325 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,100 m
Jan–Mar 2026: 172,095 passengers, −4.0% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About BES
Brest Bretagne airport is a large airport serving Brest, France. 906,932 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 19 nonstop routes from BES.
Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from BES
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| BES → CDG | 517 km | 325,856 |
| BES → MRS | 930 km | 129,669 |
| BES → LYS | 782 km | 87,740 |
| BES → TLN | 1,013 km | 38,966 |
| BES → MPL | 844 km | 27,282 |
| BES → NCE | 1,044 km | 26,903 |
| BES → BCN | 945 km | 24,537 |
| BES → ORY | 501 km | 23,316 |
| BES → TLS | 698 km | 22,967 |
| BES → FCO | 1,500 km | 18,695 |
| BES → AGP | 1,307 km | 18,243 |
| BES → FAO | 1,302 km | 18,186 |
| BES → ATH | 2,564 km | 18,130 |
| BES → PMO | 1,815 km | 17,978 |
| BES → AJA | 1,264 km | 17,829 |
| BES → MAH | 1,176 km | 17,267 |
| BES → OPO | 868 km | 17,217 |
| BES → OLB | 1,384 km | 16,547 |
| BES → ATL | 6,611 km | 277 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| OUI | Ouessant Airport | 48 km |
| GCI | Guernsey Airport | 172 km |
| JER | Jersey Airport | 183 km |
| RNS | Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport | 203 km |
| LEQ | Land's End Airport | 205 km |
Distance from BES to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07R/25L | 3,100 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
| 07L/25R | 700 m | 18 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Brest, Brittany, France · 48.4479, -4.4185
Questions
Brest Bretagne airport has the IATA code BES and the ICAO code LFRB. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
BES is a large airport in Brest, Brittany, France, at 48.4479, -4.4185, 99 m above sea level.
BES is in the Europe/Paris time zone, UTC+1 / UTC+2 (winter / summer).
906,932 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Mar 2026: 172,095 passengers, −4.0% on the same months of 2025.
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