Bangui M'Poko International Airport

Bangui M'Poko International Airport (IATA: BGF, ICAO: FEFF) is an international airport located seven kilometres (4 nautical miles) northwest of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

Bangui M'Poko International Airport
Airport tarmac
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment
ServesBangui
Opened1967[1]
Elevation AMSL1,208 ft / 368 m
Coordinates04°23′54.51″N 018°31′07.63″E / 4.3984750°N 18.5187861°E / 4.3984750; 18.5187861
Websitehttps://www.aeroport-bangui.com/bangui_international_airport.php
Map
BGF is located in Central African Republic
BGF
BGF
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 8,530 2,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers11,600

In 2004, the airport served 53,862 passengers. In 2012, the airport had an average attendance of about 120,000 passengers, despite a maximum capacity of 10,000 passengers.[2]

The airport was an unofficial refugee camp for some 60,000 refugees as of May 2014.[3] In 2017, the airport was functioning under the supervision of UN aviation officials.

Airlines and destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan,[4] Douala[5]
Air FranceParis–Charles de Gaulle,[6] Yaoundé
ASKY Airlines Douala, Lomé[7]
Camair-Co Douala, Yaoundé[8]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[9]
Karinou Airlines Cotonou, Douala
Kenya Airways Douala, Entebbe,[10] Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[11]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
RwandAir Douala, Kigali[12]

Statistics edit

 
Runway
Year Total passengers Increase Freight (tons) Total aircraft movements
2003 12,666 50 1,178
2004 53,862 76.8% 105 3,871
2005 52,854 –0.4% 905 4,722
2006 66,058 15.9% 2,152 5,609
2007 97,633 37.2% 2,841 7,258
2008 107,079 4.4% 2,885 7,049

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "2.2.1 Central African Republic Bangui-M'Poko International Airport". dlca.logcluster.or. Logistics Cluster. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.afriquenouvelle.fr/Aeroport-Bangui-M-poko-bientot-la-grande-mutation_a1192.html [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Stranded at Bangui Airport: The Refugee Crisis in Central African Republic (PHOTOS)". The Daily Beast. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Air Cote d'Ivoire W15 Africa Service Expansions". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Air Cote d'Ivoire NW16 Preliminary Service Changes".
  6. ^ Air France May 2014 flight Map, one flight per week, http://www.airfrance.se/SE/en/common/guidevoyageur/reseau/reseau_airfrance_airfrance.htm [permanent dead link]
  7. ^ ASKY June 2016 Timetable http://www.flyasky.com/asky/horaires/bgf
  8. ^ "Camair-Co Adds Yaounde – Bangui Sector From mid-May 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Ethiopian Airlines Plans Juba – Bangui Service From mid-Nov 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Kenya Airways Africa Service Changes from July 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Kenya Airways Proposes Bangui Service from Oct 2015". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  12. ^ "RwandAir expands Central Africa network, London halted".

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