Avord Air Base
Avord Air Base or BA 702, named after Captain Georges Madon, is a base of the French Air and Space Force located 2.8 km north northwest of Avord in central France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: French Air Force base in Avord, Cher, France
- Also known as: “Air Base 702”, “Avord”, “Avord AB Airport”, “BA 702”, “BA702”, “base aerienne 702”, “Base de défense de Bourges Avord”, “Capitaine Georges Madon”, “Captain Georges Madon Air Base”, “LFOA”, and “Madon Air Base”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gare d’Avord and Église Saint-Hugues d’Avord.
Église Saint-Hugues d’Avord
Church
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Église Saint-Hugues d’Avord is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Savigny-en-Septaine and Nohant-en-Goût.
Savigny-en-Septaine
Village
Photo: Bildoj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Savigny-en-Septaine is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France about 6 miles southeast of Bourges, on the left bank of the river Airain, which flows north through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Yèvre, which forms part of the commune's northern boundary.
Nohant-en-Goût
Village
Photo: The mitooo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nohant-en-Goût is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Crosses
Village
Crosses is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Avord Air Base
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Farges-en-Septaine, Arrondissement of Bourges, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.05523° or 47° 3′ 19″ northLongitude
2.6253° or 2° 37′ 31″ eastElevation
177 metres (581 feet)Abbreviation
“BA702”ICAO airport code
LFOAOpen location code
8FV43J4G+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 120034551OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Avord Air Base” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Base Aérea d’Avord”
- Asturian: “LFOA”
- Chinese: “第702阿沃爾空軍基地”
- French: “base aérienne 702 Avord”
- French: “Base aérienne 702 Avord”
- French: “Base Aérienne 702 Capitaine Georges Madon”
- German: “Militärflugplatz Avord”
- Indonesian: “LFOA”
- Japanese: “アヴォール空軍基地”
- Japanese: “第702アヴォール空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Avord AB”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی آوورد”
- Russian: “Авиабаза Авор”
- Russian: “Авор”
- Spanish: “Base Aerea de Avord”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea de Avord”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ овурд”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Аворд”
- Ukrainian: “702-га авіаційна база”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Augy and Chenevière.
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Highlights include Dassault MD 312 Flamant - 146/319-GE and ESIS.
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