Port Bouet Airport
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Port Bouet Airport
| Port Bouet Airport | |||
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IATA: ABJ – ICAO: DIAP
 ABJ
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military / Public | ||
| Serves | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Location | Port Bouet, Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Coordinates | 5°15′41.1″N 003°55′32.8″W / 5.261417°N 3.925778°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 03/21 | 9,842 | 3,000 | Macadam |
Port Bouet Airport (IATA: ABJ, ICAO: DIAP), also known as Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, is located 16 kilometres southeast of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.[1]
The airport was one of many hubs for multi-national airline Air Afrique.
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Burkina | Bobo Dioulasso, Ouagadougou |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Mali | Bamako |
| Air Nigeria | Accra, Lagos |
| ASKY Airlines | Accra, Bamako, Conakry, Lomé |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Emirates | Accra, Dubai |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Cotonou, Ouagadougou |
| fly540 | Accra, Ouagadougou |
| Kenya Airways | Dakar, Nairobi |
| Mauritania Airlines International | Bamako, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Nouakchott |
| Middle East Airlines | Beirut |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Rwandair Express | Kigali |
| Starbow Airlines | Accra |
| Senegal Airlines | Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Libreville |
| Tunisair | Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Accra, Istanbul-Atatürk [begins 17 July 2012] |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Cargolux | Accra |
Accidents and incidents
- 3 January 1987: a Varig Boeing 707-379C registration PP-VJK operating flight 797 from Abidjan to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão crashed due to a failure on engine 1 shortly after take-off. While attempting to return to the airport for an emergency landing, it crashed on a field 18 km away from Abidjan’s airport. Of the 51 passengers and crew aboard, a single passenger survived.[2]
- 30 January 2000: Kenya Airways flight 431, crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Port Bouet. Of the 179 passengers and crew on board the Airbus 310, only ten persons survived.
External links
- Airport information for DIAP at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- A-Z World Airports Online: Abidjan International Airport (ABJ/DIAP)
Notes
- ^ http://www.worldairportguide.com/airport/551/airport_guide/Africa/Abidjan-International-Airport-Felix-Houphouet-Boigny.html
- ^ "Accident description PP-VJK". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870103-0. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
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