Paris - Le Bourget Airport

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Paris - Le Bourget Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget
Image:Paris Le Bourget Landsat.png
IATA: LBG - ICAO: LFPB
Summary <tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Aéroports de Paris</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Le Bourget</td></tr>
Elevation AMSL		218 ft (66 m)
Coordinates		48°58′10″N, 002°26′29″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
03/21	8,743	2,665	Asphalt
07/25	9,843	3,000	Concrete
09/27	6,053	1,845	Asphalt

Paris - Le Bourget Airport (French: Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget) (IATA: LBG, ICAO: LFPB) is an airport located in Le Bourget and Dugny, 12 km north-northest (NNE) of Paris, France. It is now only used for general aviation (business jets) as well as air shows.

The airport started commercial operations in 1919 and was for long Paris' only airport until the construction of Orly Airport. It is most famous as the landing site for Charles Lindbergh's historic solo transatlantic crossing in 1927. In 1977 Le Bourget airport was closed to international traffic and in 1980 to regional traffic, leaving only business jets to operate.

Le Bourget Airport hosts the French Museum of Air and Space (Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace), and, every other year, the Paris Air Show.