# Brive Souillac airport (BVE / LFSL)

**Brive Souillac airport** (IATA: BVE, ICAO: LFSL) is a medium airport in Brive, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It opened on 15 Jun 2010. It has one runway, 2,100 m (6,890 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 92 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BVE / LFSL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Brive, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Opened: 15 Jun 2010
- Elevation: 310 m / 1,016 ft
- Coordinates: 45.0397, 1.4856
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,100 m / 6,890 ft
- Passengers: 91,621 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Paris
- Website: http://www.aeroport-brive-vallee-dordogne.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brive%E2%80%93Souillac_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q247165
- Weather station: LFSL · WMO 07179
- Ident: LFSL

## Timeline

- 15 Jun 2010: Brive Souillac airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 115° / 295° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 58,975 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 55,846 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 62,209 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 70,929 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 68,215 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 65,607 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 65,258 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 69,150 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 93,266 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 26,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 41,974 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 91,621 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 416 km / 258 mi · Chalair Aviation

### Seasonal (5)

- [NCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmn.md) Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · France · 481 km / 299 mi · Chalair Aviation
- [AJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfkj.md) Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport · France · 684 km / 425 mi · Chalair Aviation
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 689 km / 428 mi · Chalair Aviation
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 767 km / 477 mi · Ryanair
- [KIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eiky.md) Kerry Airport · Ireland · 1,132 km / 703 mi · Chalair Aviation

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BVE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- CE [Chalair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chalair-aviation) · 5
- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 92K (2022) | #1,844 of 3,974 | #394 in Europe | #39 in FR |
| Longest runway | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | =3,582 of 29,858 | =687 in Europe | =71 in FR |
| Elevation | 310 m / 1,016 ft | =17,416 of 43,403 | =1,422 in Europe | #322 in FR |
| Age | Opened 2010 | =12,735 of 15,079 | =1,365 in Europe | #142 in FR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =121 in FR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR |  | 121.125 |
| AFIS |  | 121.125 |
| approach | LIMOGES APPROACH | 118.080 |
| TWR/AFIS | BRIVE TOWER/INFO | 121.125 |

## Nearby airports

- [PGX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbx.md) Périgueux-Bassillac Airport · 55 km / 34 mi
- [AUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lflw.md) Aurillac airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [ZAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfcc.md) Cahors Lalbenque airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [EGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbe.md) Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [LIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbl.md) Limoges Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [RDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfcr.md) Rodez–Aveyron Airport · 106 km / 66 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Brive–Souillac Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brive–Souillac_Airport&oldid=1363215423), revision of 8 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/lfsl/data