Libreville International Airport
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| Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport | |||
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IATA: LBV – ICAO: FOOL
 LBV
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public and military | ||
| Operator | Handling Partners Gabon | ||
| Serves | Libreville, Gabon | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 39 ft / 12 m | ||
| Coordinates | 00°27′31″N 009°24′44″E / 0.45861°N 9.41222°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 16/34 | 3,000 | 9,844 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (IATA: LBV, ICAO: FOOL) is an airport situated in Libreville, Gabon. It is the main international airport in the country.
Named after the first president of Gabon, Léon M'ba, it was the hub of former national airline Air Gabon until March 2006.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Burkina | Cotonou, Ouagadougou |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Ivoire | Abidjan, Conakry, Cotonou, Lomé |
| Air Mali | Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar, Lomé |
| Air Nigeria | Douala, Lagos, São Tomé |
| Allegiance Gabon | Franceville, Oyem, Port-Gentil, São Tomé, Tchibanga |
| ASKY Airlines | Brazzaville, Cotonou, Kinshasa, Lomé |
| Camair-co | Douala, Yaoundé |
| CEIBA Intercontinental | Bata, Malabo |
| Equaflight | Port-Gentil |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Malabo |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi, Douala |
| Lufthansa operated by PrivatAir | Frankfurt |
| Nationale Regionale Transport | Franceville, Koulamoutou, Makokou, Mayumba, Mouila, Oyem, Port-Gentil, Tchibanga |
| RwandAir | Brazzaville, Kigali |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Luanda |
| Sénégal Airlines | Abidjan, Dakar |
| South African Airways | Johannesburg, Douala |
| Trans Air Congo | Brazzaville, Douala, Pointe-Noire |
[edit] Cargo airlines and others
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Afrijet Gabon | various private destinations |
| Allied Air Cargo | Lagos |
| Cargolux | Luxembourg |
| DHL | Abidjan, Port-Gentil, Franceville |
| Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon | various |
| Royal Air Maroc Cargo | Addis Abeba, Casablanca |
| Sky Gabon Airways | Port-Gentil, Franceville |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On June 6, 2011, Antonov An-26 TR-LII of Solenta Aviation, operating Flight 122A for DHL Aviation ditched in the sea near Libreville International Airport.[3][4] Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured. [3] The crew reported hydraulic problems and eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft's propellors were not turning at the time of the ditching.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for FOOL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for LBV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ a b "DHL cargo plane crashes in Gabon, no fatalities". BNO News. http://wireupdate.com/wires/17971/dhl-cargo-plane-crashes-in-gabon-no-fatalities/. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ a b Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Solenta AN26 near Libreville on Jun 6th 2011, ditched in the sea". The Aviation Herald. http://avherald.com/h?article=43dbcc52&opt=0. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
