Maya-Maya Airport
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| Maya-Maya Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: BZV – ICAO: FCBB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Location | Brazzaville | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,048 ft / 319 m | ||
| Coordinates | 04°15′06.12″S 15°15′10.91″E / 4.2517°S 15.2530306°ECoordinates: 04°15′06.12″S 15°15′10.91″E / 4.2517°S 15.2530306°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05/23 | 10,827 | 3,300 | Asphalt |
Maya-Maya Airport (IATA: BZV, ICAO: FCBB) is an airport located in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo.
In 2004, the airport served 447,699 passengers.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Afriqiyah Airways | Tripoli |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Ivoire | Abidjan, Cotonou, Douala, Ouagadougou, Yaoundé |
| Air Service Gabon | Libreville |
| Benin Golf Air | Cotonou, Pointe-Noire |
| Compagnie Aérienne du Mali | Bamako, Brazzaville |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Kinshasa |
| Hewa Bora Airways | Kinshasa |
| Interair South Africa | Cotonou, Johannesburg, Libreville |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi |
| Phoebus Apollo Aviation | Cotonou, Johannesburg, Libreville, Pointe-Noire |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Douala |
| TAAG Angola Airlines | Bangui, Douala, Luanda, Pointe-Noire |
| Toumai Air Chad | Bangui, Douala, N'Djamena, Libreville, Lome |
| Trans Air Congo | Cotonou, Douala, Pointe-Noire |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- November 23, 1996: Hijackers forced Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, bound from Mumbai and Addis Ababa to Abidjan through many stops (including Brazzaville), to crash into the Indian Ocean.
- On 26 August 2009, an Antonov An-12 of Aero-Fret (registered TN-AIA) crashed on approach. The flight had originated from Pointe Noire Airport. The five Ukranian crew and one Congolese passenger were killed.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Crash: Aero-Fret AN12 at Nganga Lingolo on Aug 26th 2009, impacted ground in a cemetery". Aviation Herald. http://www.avherald.com/h?article=41ecf6fe&opt=0. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
[edit] External links
- Accident history for BZV at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for FCBB at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for FCBB at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for FCBB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
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