LFAQ
Albert-Bray Airport
VFR
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Name
Albert-Bray Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
LFAQ / BYF / LFAQ
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
8:29 am (CET)
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Municipality
Albert/Bray
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Coordinates
49° 58′ 17″ N 2° 41′ 51″ E
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Elevation
363 ft (111 m MSL)
About Albert-Bray Airport
Albert – Picardie Airport (French: Aéroport d'Albert - Picardie) (IATA: BYF, ICAO: LFAQ), sometimes referred to as Albert – Picardy Airport, is an airport serving Albert, a commune of the Somme department in the Picardy (Picardie) region of northern France. The airport is located 4 km (2 mi) southeast of Albert, in Bray-sur-Somme.
It is primarily used for the transportation of Airbus aircraft parts from the company's factory at Méaulte nearby. The airport's runway is large enough to accommodate Airbus' Beluga, a large cargo aircraft used to courier parts used in the construction of its own commercial jets.
The airport is also home to a flying club, which has a number of light aircraft based at the airfield; and to a society engaging in historic aircraft.
The British low-cost carrier Jet2.com announced and then cancelled a twice-weekly service to the Somme using this airport; flights were to start in April 2009.
On 28 January 2012, plans were unveiled to launch a twice-weekly service to Blackpool International Airport with Danish Air Transport using ATR 72s, however before the flights started, the route was cancelled.
At the end of 2013, a service to Toulouse, Dole and Nice was introduced under the "IGAvion" brand. The flights were operated by Skytaxi with Saab 340 aircraft.