Le Bourget Field

E8716

airfield airport

Le Bourget Field is a historic airfield near Paris, France, best known as the landing site of Charles Lindbergh’s pioneering solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airfield → airport →
alsoKnownAs	Le Bourget Airport → Paris–Le Bourget Airport →
ceasedMajorInternationalPassengerTraffic	1977 →
contains	Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace →
country	France →
currentPrimaryUse	business aviation → general aviation →
distanceFromParisCenter	about 11 km northeast →
elevation	218 feet →
focus	corporate aviation → private jets →
hasCustomsFacilities	yes →
hasHelicopterFacilities	yes →
historicalSignificance	one of the oldest operational airports in the world →
hosts	Paris Air Show →
IATAcode	LBG →
ICAOcode	LFPB →
locatedIn	Le Bourget →
locatedInRegion	Île-de-France →
locatedNear	Bonneuil-en-France → Dugny → Paris →
nearbyHighway	A1 autoroute → A86 autoroute →
notableAircraft	Spirit of St. Louis →
notableEventDate	1927-05-21 →
notableFor	landing site of Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo nonstop transatlantic flight →
notablePerson	Charles Lindbergh →
numberOfRunways	3 →
opened	1919 →
operator	Groupe ADP →
originalName	Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget →
ownedBy	Groupe ADP →
ParisAirShowFirstHeldThere	1953 →
ParisAirShowFrequency	biennial →
partOf	Paris airport system →
postWWIIUse	primary Paris international airport until Orly and Charles de Gaulle expansion →
region	Seine-Saint-Denis →
roleInHistory	major European airport before Charles de Gaulle Airport opened →
runwaySurface	asphalt →
servesCity	Paris →
timezone	Europe/Paris →
timezoneDST	CEST →
timezoneStandard	CET →
usedAs	civilian airport → military airfield →
WWIIUse	German Luftwaffe air base →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ryan NYP → Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis ("Le Bourget Field, Paris") → Ryan NYP monoplane ("Le Bourget Field, Paris") →	arrivalAirport
Roosevelt Field →	destinationOfLindberghFlight
Le Bourget Field ("Le Bourget") →	locatedIn
Orteig Prize ("Le Bourget Airport") →	winningArrivalAirport