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La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (LFBH) lies immediately north of the city of La Rochelle on France's Atlantic coast, serving both the mainland and the nearby Île de Ré. It is an internationally connected airport with a single hard-surfaced instrument runway, tower-controlled airspace and a mix of scheduled airline and general aviation traffic, making it a useful and well-equipped VFR and IFR destination for visiting pilots.
La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport is a medium-sized international airport situated just north of La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It handles scheduled airline services to a range of destinations in France, the United Kingdom and Ireland alongside general aviation activity, and it is the gateway airport for visitors heading across the toll bridge to the Île de Ré. For a simulator pilot it offers a straightforward coastal approach, a full instrument landing system and an active control tower, making it an interesting stop for both airliner and light-aircraft operations.
The airport sits immediately to the north of the city of La Rochelle, in the Charente-Maritime department. It also serves the small island of Île de Ré, which lies across a toll bridge from the mainland. The nearest larger international airports are Nantes Atlantique, roughly 137 km to the north, and Bordeaux-Mérignac, roughly 191 km to the south-east.
The field has a single physical runway orientated 09/27, with a hard surface and runway lighting. The runway measures approximately 6353 feet in length when used as runway 09 and approximately 5861 feet when used as runway 27, with an instrument landing system serving the runway 27 approach direction.
La Rochelle provides an air traffic control service. Approach control operates as La Rochelle Approach on 124.2 MHz, the ATIS broadcasts on 126.875 MHz, and La Rochelle Tower operates on 118 MHz. An ILS is available for the runway 27 approach.
The airport is operated as part of the Aéroports de France group and combines scheduled commercial services with general aviation activity. Seasonal scheduled routes have included Bristol, Brussels-Charleroi, Cork, Dublin, Geneva, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Marrakech, Porto and Marseille, alongside a year-round service to Lyon. The airport's own information for pilots also references general aviation facilities and flying clubs based on the field, indicating an active light-aviation community alongside the airline operation.