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Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base

Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base is a front-line French Air and Space Force base located approximately 5 km north-northwest of , in the department of the Rhône-Alpes region in eastern .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: French Air Force base near Amberieu-en-Bugey, Ain, France
  • Also known as: “Advanced Landing Ground Y-5”, “Amberieu”, “Amberieu-en-Bugey Air Base”, “BA 278”, “BA278”, “base aerienne 278”, “Chambonnet Air Base”, “Colonel Chambonnet Air Base”, and “LFXA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cemetery of Ambérieu-en-Bugey and Espace Laure Manaudou.

Cemetery
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Sports venue
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is a sports venue.

School
Photo: Ambérieu Capitale, CC0.
is a school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coutelieu and Ambérieu-en-Bugey.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Town
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is a commune in the department, region, . With 14,288 inhabitants, it is one of the largest towns of the historical region of Bugey.

Village
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is a commune in the eastern French department of .

Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base

Latitude
45.97585° or 45° 58′ 33″ north
Longitude
5.34051° or 5° 20′ 26″ east
Elevation
250 metres (820 feet)
Abbreviation
“BA278”
ICAO airport code
LFXA
Open location code
8FQ7X8GR+86
Open­Street­Map ID
way 237585191
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6299480
Wiki­data ID
Q2886505
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ambérieu (tugpahanan sa Pransiya)”
  • Cebuano: “Ambérieu”
  • French: “base aérienne 278 Ambérieu-en-Bugey”
  • French: “Base aérienne 278 Ambérieu-en-Bugey”
  • German: “Militärflugplatz Ambérieu-en-Bugey”
  • Indonesian: “LFXA”
  • Japanese: “アンベリュー＝アン＝ビュジェ空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “第278アンベリュー＝アン＝ビュジェ空軍基地”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی امبریو-نن-بوگی”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ омбрю-нн-буги”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Амберу-ен-Буги”

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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 “Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base”. Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.