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Bangui M'Poko International Airport
Airport tarmac
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment
ServesBangui
Opened1967
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 RepublicBGFBGF
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 8,530 2,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers11,600

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.

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.

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

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Afrijet Libreville
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
ASKY Airlines Douala
Camair-Co Douala
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
RwandAir Douala, Kigali

Statistics

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

Footnotes

  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
  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 France May 2014 flight Map, one flight per week, http://www.airfrance.se/SE/en/common/guidevoyageur/reseau/reseau_airfrance_airfrance.htm
  5. "Ethiopian Airlines Plans Juba – Bangui Service From mid-Nov 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. "RwandAir expands Central Africa network, London halted".

External links

Autonomous commune of Bangui
Capital: Bangui
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