Le Bourget Field

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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.

All labels observed (4)

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Le Bourget Field, Paris 3
Le Bourget Field canonical 2
Le Bourget 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airfield
airport
alsoKnownAs Paris–Le Bourget Airport
surface form: 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 Field self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Bourget
locatedInRegion Île-de-France region
surface form: 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 Paris–Le Bourget Airport
surface form: 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

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Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States destinationOfLindberghFlight Le Bourget Field
subject surface form: Roosevelt Field
Ryan NYP monoplane arrivalAirport Le Bourget Field
this entity surface form: Le Bourget Field, Paris
Orteig Prize winningArrivalAirport Le Bourget Field
this entity surface form: Le Bourget Airport
Le Bourget Field locatedIn Le Bourget Field self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Bourget
Ryan NYP arrivalAirport Le Bourget Field
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis arrivalAirport Le Bourget Field
this entity surface form: Le Bourget Field, Paris
single-engine monoplane Spirit of St. Louis flightDestination Le Bourget Field
subject surface form: Spirit of St. Louis
this entity surface form: Le Bourget Field, Paris