Bergerac-Roumanière Airport
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Bergerac Dordogne Périgord Airport is an airport
serving Bergerac
, a commune
of the Dordogne
department (formerly the Périgord
province) in the Aquitane region of France
. The airport is located 3 kilometres (3,000,000,000,000 nm) south-southeast of Bergerac. It is also known as Bergerac-Roumanière Airport.
of 171 feet (52 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway
designated 10/28 which measures 2205 by 45 m (7,234.3 by 147.6 ). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a grass
surface measuring 770 by 60 m (2,526.2 by 196.9 ).
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Bergerac
Bergerac, Dordogne
Bergerac is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Dordogne department in southwestern France.-Population:-Economy:The region is primarily known for wine and tobacco...
, a commune
Communes of the Dordogne département
The following is a list of the 557 communes of the Dordogne département in France. Communauté d'agglomération Périgourdine, created in 2000....
of the Dordogne
Dordogne
Dordogne is a départment in south-west France. The départment is located in the region of Aquitaine, between the Loire valley and the High Pyrénées named after the great river Dordogne that runs through it...
department (formerly the Périgord
Périgord
The Périgord is a former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne département, now forming the northern part of the Aquitaine région. It is divided into four regions, the Périgord Noir , the Périgord Blanc , the Périgord Vert and the Périgord Pourpre...
province) in the Aquitane region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The airport is located 3 kilometres (3,000,000,000,000 nm) south-southeast of Bergerac. It is also known as Bergerac-Roumanière Airport.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 171 feet (52 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 10/28 which measures 2205 by 45 m (7,234.3 by 147.6 ). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
surface measuring 770 by 60 m (2,526.2 by 196.9 ).