{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Istres-Le Tubé Air Base","iataCode":null,"icaoCode":"LFMI","city":"Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône","country":"FR","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":43.522701,"longitude":4.92384},"elevationMeters":25,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"The DGA flight-test centre (DGA Essais en vol) and the EPNER test-pilot school make Istres-Le Tubé (Base Aérienne 125, ICAO: LFMI) France's principal proving ground for military aircraft, with Dassault, Thales and Safran among the industrial users. The base, some 50 km north-west of Marseille, also holds the entire French strategic tanker-transport fleet: squadron ERVTS 1/31 \"Bretagne\" flies the A330 MRTT Phénix, supported technically by 15/31 \"Camargue\", and took delivery of the twelfth and fin","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/istres-le-tube-air-base-airport-lfmi","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/istres-le-tube-air-base-airport-lfmi","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Istres-Le Tubé Air Base · Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône, FR · 25 m"}