# Saintes Thénac Airfield, France

**Saintes Thénac Airfield** is a small airport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It opened in 1949. It has 4 runways; the longest is 900 m (2,953 ft).

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Opened: 1949
- Elevation: 36 m / 118 ft
- Coordinates: 45.7019, -0.6361
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 900 m / 2,953 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Paris
- Website: https://eetaa722.fr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EETAA_722 (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3577759
- Weather station: LFBG · WMO 07412
- Ident: LFXB

## Timeline

- 1949: Saintes Thénac Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06R/24L | 900 m / 2,953 ft |  |  |  |  |
| 06L/24R | 900 m / 2,953 ft |  |  |  |  |
| 06/24 | 900 m / 2,953 ft |  |  |  |  |
| 12/30 | 800 m / 2,625 ft |  |  |  |  |

- 06R/24L slopes 1.5%: threshold 24L at 15 m / 49 ft, threshold 06R at 28 m / 92 ft.
- 06L/24R slopes 1.5%: threshold 24R at 15 m / 49 ft, threshold 06L at 28 m / 92 ft.
- 06/24 slopes 1.7%: threshold 24 at 21 m / 69 ft, threshold 06 at 36 m / 118 ft.
- 12/30 slopes 1.1%: threshold 30 at 21 m / 69 ft, threshold 12 at 30 m / 98 ft.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 900 m / 2,953 ft | =16,639 of 29,858 | =1,658 in Europe | =264 in FR |
| Elevation | 36 m / 118 ft | =36,270 of 43,403 | =4,813 in Europe | #1,067 in FR |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =756 in Europe | #95 in FR |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =10 in Europe | =1 in FR |

## Nearby airports

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- [FR-0977](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-0977.md) Corme Ecluse Airfield · 19 km / 12 mi
- [FR-0976](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-0976.md) Nantillé Airfield · 20 km / 13 mi
- [FR-0975](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fr-0975.md) Jarnac Champagne Airfield · 23 km / 14 mi
- [CNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbg.md) Cognac-Châteaubernard (BA 709) Air Base · 25 km / 16 mi
- [RYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfcy.md) Royan-Médis Airport · 27 km / 17 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/lfxb/data