# Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur (BA 116) Air Base, Saint-Sauveur, France

**Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur (BA 116) Air Base** is a medium airport in Saint-Sauveur, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. It opened in Apr 1916. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,433 m (7,982 ft). It is operated by French Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: French Air Force
- Serves: Saint-Sauveur, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
- Opened: Apr 1916
- Elevation: 278 m / 913 ft
- Coordinates: 47.7877, 6.3534
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,433 m / 7,982 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Paris
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxeuil_-_Saint-Sauveur_Air_Base (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2886464
- Weather station: LFSX · WMO 07292
- Ident: LFSX

## Timeline

- Apr 1916: Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur (BA 116) Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,433 m / 7,982 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | yes |
| 04/22 | 2,315 m / 7,596 ft | 36 m / 118 ft | Asphalt | 038° / 218° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,433 m / 7,982 ft | #2,797 of 29,858 | #532 in Europe | #36 in FR |
| Elevation | 278 m / 913 ft | =19,223 of 43,403 | #1,612 in Europe | #371 in FR |
| Age | Opened 1916 | =108 of 15,079 | =88 in Europe | =19 in FR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =25 in FR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | LUXEUIL APP | 129.925 |
| ARR | LUXEUIL ARR | 39.702 |
| TWR | LUXEUIL TWR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [LFQW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfqw.md) Vesoul-Frotey Airfield · 20 km / 12 mi
- [LFSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsm.md) Montbéliard-Courcelles Airfield · 47 km / 29 mi
- [EPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsg.md) Épinal Mirecourt Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [CMR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfga.md) Colmar Houssen airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [LSGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgc.md) Les Eplatures Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 90 km / 56 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #72

## 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/lfsx/data