Gbadolite Airport

Gbadolite Airport
Aéroport de Gbadolite

Gbadolite airport reception hall

IATA: BDTICAO: FZFD

Gbadolite
Airport
Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Summary
Airport type Public
Location Gbadolite, DR Congo
Elevation AMSL 1,509 ft / 460 m
Coordinates 04°15′12″N 020°58′31″E / 4.25333°N 20.97528°E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Gbadolite Airport (French: Aéroport de Gbadolite) (IATA: BDT, ICAO: FZFD) is an airport serving Gbadolite,[1] the capital of the Nord-Ubangi District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is at the village of Moanda, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of Gbadolite.

Facilities

The airport is 1,509 feet (460 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface 3,200 by 60 metres (10,499 ft × 197 ft) long,[1] built this long to accommodate Mobutu Sese Seko's chartered Air France Concorde.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Airport information for FZFD from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for BDT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  3. Shaw, Karl (2005) [2004]. Power Mad! [Šílenství mocných] (in Czech). Praha: Metafora. ISBN 80-7359-002-6.

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