Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base
Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base is a base of the French Air and Space Force located in Châteaubernard, 2.8 kilometres south of Cognac. Both locations are communes of the Charente département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine région of France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: French Air Force base near Cognac, Charente, France
- Also known as: “Air Base 709”, “BA 709”, “BA709”, “base aerienne 709”, “Base aérienne 709 Cognac Châteaubernard”, “Base aérienne 709 Commandant Ménard”, “Chateaubernard AB Airport”, “Chateaubernard Air Base”, “CNG”, “Cognac Air Base”, “Cognac-Chateaubernard Air Base”, “Cognac-Châteaubernard Air Base”, and “LFBG”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gare de Cognac and Logis de l’Éclopard.
Dolmen de Séchebec
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dolmen de Séchebec is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cognac.
Cognac
Town
Photo: Misssoleil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cognac is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Administratively, the commune of Cognac is a subprefecture of the Charente department.
Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Châteaubernard, Arrondissement of Cognac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.65778° or 45° 39′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.31318° or 0° 18′ 47″ westElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Inception
1938Abbreviation
“BA709”IATA airport code
CNGICAO airport code
LFBGOpen location code
8CQXMM5P+4POpenStreetMap ID
way 42019229OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cognac-Châteaubernard”
- Chinese: “干邑-沙托貝爾納爾空軍基地”
- Chinese: “幹邑-沙托貝爾納爾空軍基地”
- French: “Base aerienne 709 Cognac-Chateaubernard”
- French: “base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard”
- French: “Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard”
- French: “Base aérienne de Cognac Chateaubernard”
- French: “Base aérienne de Cognac Châteaubernard”
- German: “Militärflugplatz Cognac-Châteaubernard”
- Indonesian: “CNG”
- Indonesian: “LFBG”
- Japanese: “コニャック＝シャトーベルナール空軍基地”
- Japanese: “第709コニャック＝シャトーベルナール空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Chateaubernard AB”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی کونیک–چاتاوبرنارد”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ куник–чотовбрнорд”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Коняк-Чатубернард”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include SSSLIA and Aéroclub de Cognac.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base”. Photo: Jerry Gunner, CC BY 2.0.