Rivesaltes Airfield

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Airport
gptkbp:accessibility Public access allowed
Limited access today
gptkbp:area 200 hectares
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkb:Spanish_Civil_War
gptkbp:code LFRS
gptkbp:communityImpact Local tourism
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Not preserved
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Local heritage site
gptkbp:currentCondition Ruins
gptkbp:currentStatus abandoned
gptkbp:electronic_warfare Key_military_base_during_Cold_War
gptkbp:elevation 150 meters
gptkbp:environmentalImpact Minimal
gptkbp:firstFlight 1935
1998
gptkbp:futurePlans Cultural site development
gptkbp:geographicalFeature 42.7492° N, 2.8725° E
gptkbp:historicalEvent Proposed museum
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Training base
nan
gptkbp:historicalRole Refugee_camp_during_WWII
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:World_War_II
Airfield_construction_plans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rivesaltes Airfield
gptkbp:IATA_code Public
Significant_in_French_aviation_history
gptkbp:landOwnership State-owned
gptkbp:landUse Agricultural land
gptkbp:localGovernment gptkb:Rivesaltes_Municipality
gptkbp:location gptkb:Rivesaltes,_France
gptkbp:militaryRank Air defense
gptkbp:notableArtists Escadron de Chasse 2/30
gptkbp:notableEvent Operation Dragoon
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
Aircraft accidents
gptkbp:notableGames gptkb:Dassault_Mirage_III
gptkbp:opened 1935
1998
gptkbp:openedIn Decommissioning
gptkbp:owner gptkb:French_Government
gptkbp:renovated Proposed
gptkbp:researchInterest Aviation historians
gptkbp:runway_length Asphalt
3000 meters
gptkbp:surroundingArea gptkb:Pyrenees-Orientales
Road access
Rivesaltes_town
gptkbp:type Military Airfield
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:French_Air_Force
gptkbp:usedFor Civil Aviation
Military exercises