Bastia – Poretta Airport
| Bastia – Poretta Airport Aéroport de Bastia Poretta |
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| IATA: BIA – ICAO: LFKB | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | CCI of Bastia and Upper Corsica | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bastia, Corsica, France | ||||||||||
| Location | Lucciana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||
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| Website | bastia.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||
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Bastia – Poretta Airport (French: Aéroport de Bastia Poretta, IATA: BIA, ICAO: LFKB) is an airport serving Bastia on the French mediterranean island of Corsica. It is located 17 km (11 mi) south southeast of Bastia at Lucciana,[1] both of which are communes of the Upper Corsica department.
History
In 1944, during World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force. On 31 July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the legendary French pilot, took off from this airport and disappeared, on a reconnaissance flight over France in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
USAAF combat units assigned:[clarification needed]
- 414th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 5 February–July 1944; 5 September – 13 October 1944, Bristol Beaufighter
- 416th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 14–23 August 1944, P-61 Black Widow
- 417th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), February–April 1944; 25 April – 7 September 1944, Bristol Beaufighter[2]
- 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, (3d Reconnaissance Group), 11 July – 24 September 1944, P-38/F-5 Lightning
- 23rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, (3d Reconnaissance Group), 11 July – 24 September 1944, P-38/F-5 Lightning
- 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, (XII Tactical Air Command), 21 July – 27 August 1944, P-51/F-6 Mustang
- 42nd Bombardment Wing was headquartered at the airfield, 21 September – 24 November 1944.
Airlines and destinations
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LFKB – BASTIA PORETTA (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 18 Apr 2024.
- ↑
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
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- ↑ http://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/liege/detail_une-ligne-reguliere-vers-la-corse-au-depart-de-liege-des-le-mois-d-avril?id=8103283
- ↑ http://company.brusselsairlines.com/en_be/corp/news/press-releases/Default.aspx
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/09/10/ew-vie-s16update1/
- ↑ http://www.igavion.fr/
- ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/245049/update-as-of-22oct14-volotea-planned-new-routes-in-s15/
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Bastia Airport (official site) (English)
- Aéroport de Bastia-Poretta at Union des Aéroports Français (French)
- Current weather for LFKB at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BIA at Aviation Safety Network
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- EngvarB from May 2014
- Use dmy dates from May 2014
- Articles containing French-language text
- Pages with broken file links
- Wikipedia articles needing clarification from December 2012
- Articles with French-language external links
- Airports in Corsica
- Bastia
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in France
- Buildings and structures in Haute-Corse
