Bordeaux Airport in France
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac) (IATA: BOD,
ICAO: LFBD) serves French city of Bordeaux. It is located in the town of
Mérignac, 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Bordeaux, within the département of Gironde.
During the early years of the Cold War, Bordeaux-Mérignac was a front-line NATO facility for the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). As well as its civil use, the French Air Force designated Mérignac Air Base BA 106, and it has been used in its strategic air force.
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As a consequence of the temporary closure of the Cazaux military base, the
civil authorities have been forced to share the runway with the French Army
since November 2005.
