# Ambérieu Air Base (BA 278)

> Ambérieu, FR · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| City | Ambérieu |
| Country | FR |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 251 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 45.98730, 5.32844 |

## Description

Workshops, hangars and one of France's five Ateliers Industriels de l'Aéronautique define what Ambérieu Air Base (BA 278) actually does: maintenance, overhaul and logistic support for the Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace, plus glider training and transit handling for military aircraft. Named after Colonel Chambonnet since 1982, the base sits about five kilometres north-northwest of Ambérieu-en-Bugey in the Ain département and carries no civil passenger or cargo traffic whatsoever. Forwarders get no slots, no customs office and no handling agent here; military resupply flights operate outside the commercial air cargo chain. Regional air freight goes through Lyon-Saint Exupéry (LYS), roughly 50 km southwest, which has its own cargo zone and customs facilities, with Geneva (GVA) about 90 km east as a second option. On the ground, Ambérieu sits at the A42/A40 motorway junction toward Lyon and the Alpine corridor and is a substantial rail node with a marshalling yard — useful context for trucking and intermodal planning in the Rhône corridor, even though the air base itself contributes nothing to it.

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