# Brétigny-sur-Orge Air Base, Le Plessis-Pâté, Essonne, France

**Brétigny-sur-Orge Air Base** was an airport in Le Plessis-Pâté, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. It opened in 1976. It closed on 26 Jun 2012. It had one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long. It was operated by French Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-1252

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: French Air Force
- Serves: Le Plessis-Pâté, Essonne, Île-de-France, France
- Opened: 1976
- Closed: 26 Jun 2012
- Elevation: 82 m / 270 ft
- Coordinates: 48.5961, 2.3322
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Paris
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%A9tigny-sur-Orge_Air_Base (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284434
- Weather station: LFPY
- Ident: FR-1252

## Timeline

- 1976: Brétigny-sur-Orge Air Base opens.
- 26 Jun 2012: Brétigny-sur-Orge Air Base closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · 15 km / 9.3 mi
- [VIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpv.md) Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base · 22 km / 14 mi
- [TNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpn.md) Toussus-le-Noble Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [LFPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpm.md) Melun-Villaroche Airfield · 25 km / 15 mi
- [LBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpb.md) Paris-Le Bourget International Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 49 km / 30 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-1252/data