Loyettes Airfield

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Loyettes Airfield is an abandoned World War II United States Army Air Forces military airfield in France, which was located approximately 1 km north of Loyettes (Departement de l'Ain,Rhone-Alpes), 28 km east of Lyon.

It was located at a prewar grass airdrome, which was improved by the XII Engineer Command for military aircraft use.

It was known as Advanced Landing Ground Y-25.Y-25 consisted of the sod runway, 6000' in length and 150' wide, aligned 02/20.

The airfield was equipped with an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting.

Tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities.