Bangui M'Poko International Airport

Bangui M'Poko International Airport
Aéroport international Bangui-M'Poko
Airport terminal
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government
Location Bangui, CAR
Elevation AMSL 1,208 ft / 368 m
Coordinates 04°23′54.51″N 018°31′07.63″E / 4.3984750°N 18.5187861°E / 4.3984750; 18.5187861Coordinates: 04°23′54.51″N 018°31′07.63″E / 4.3984750°N 18.5187861°E / 4.3984750; 18.5187861
Map
BGF
Airport in Central African Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 8,530 2,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 11,600
for passengers figures
Airport tarmac.

Bangui M'Poko International Airport (French: Aéroport international Bangui-M'Poko) (IATA: BGF, ICAO: FEFF) is an international airport located 7 km (4 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.[1]

The airport is currently an unofficial refugee camp for some 60,000 refugees as of May 2014.[2] As at 2017 the airport is functioning under the supervision of the UN aviation officials.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle[3]
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan,[4] Douala[5]
ASKY Airlines Douala, Lomé[6]
Karinou Airlines Cotonou, Douala
Kenya Airways Douala, Entebbe,[7] Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[8]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Tchadia Airlines N'Djamena[9]
The Runway

Sexual abuse allegations

18 soldiers from France, Chad and Equatorial Guinea were accused of receiving oral sex and sodomizing children at the airport during 2014. Tens of thousands of refugees live at the airport due to the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic.[10]

Statistics

Bangui Airport Passenger

Statistics for Bangui International Airport
YearTotal passengers% IncreaseFreight (tons)Total Aircraft movements
2003 12,666-%501178
2004 53,86276.8%1053871
2005 52,854–0.4%9054722
2006 66,05815.9%21525609
2007 97,63337.2%28417258
2008 107,0794.4%28857049

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.afriquenouvelle.fr/Aeroport-Bangui-M-poko-bientot-la-grande-mutation_a1192.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. ↑ "Stranded at Bangui Airport: The Refugee Crisis in Central African Republic (PHOTOS)". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Air France May 2014 flight Map, one flight per week, http://www.airfrance.se/SE/en/common/guidevoyageur/reseau/reseau_airfrance_airfrance.htm%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ "Air Cote d'Ivoire W15 Africa Service Expansions". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  5. ↑ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Air Cote d'Ivoire NW16 Preliminary Service Changes".
  6. ↑ ASKY June 2016 Timetable http://www.flyasky.com/asky/horaires/bgf
  7. ↑ "Kenya Airways Africa Service Changes from July 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kenya Airways Proposes Bangui Service from Oct 2015". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Tchadia Airlines outlines planned network from Oct 2018". routesonline.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Reuters, May 7, 2015 10:09am EDT, Inquiry begins into alleged child abuse in Central Africa by French troops, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-07.


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