Pointe Noire Airport

Pointe Noire Agostinho Neto International Airport
IATA: PNR – ICAO: FCPP PNR Location of Airport in Republic of the Congo
Summary
Airport type		Pointe Noire
Location		55
Elevation AMSL		17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates		04°48′48″S 011°53′09″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	8,530	2,600	Asphalt

Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (IATA: PNR, ICAO: FCPP), is an airport located in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. It is one of two international airports in the country, the other being Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport.

History

The airport was inaugurated in 1934 and is currently able to serve ten million passengers a year owing to the recent opening of a new terminal.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Mali	Abidjan, Bamako
Benin Golf Air	Cotonou, Libreville
CEIBA Intercontinental	Libreville, Malabo
Equatorial Congo Airlines operated by PrivatAir	Brazzaville
Equaflight	Brazzaville, Port-Gentil
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Gabon Airlines	Libreville
Interair South Africa	Cotonou, Johannesburg
Lufthansa operated by PrivatAir	Frankfurt
RegionAir	Douala, Malabo, Port Gentil, Port Harcourt
Royal Air Maroc	Brazzaville, Casablanca
South African Airways	Johannesburg [begins 26 January]
Trans Air Congo	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Air France Cargo operated by Martinair Cargo	Paris-de Gaulle
Avient Aviation	Liège, Sharjah

Accidents and incidents

• On 4 June 1969, a Douglas DC-3 of the Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos was hijacked on a domestic flight from N'Zeto airport to Soyo Airport, Angola. The aircraft landed at Pointe Noire.
• On 11 March 1994, Aéro-Service Swearingen Merlin TN-ADP was written off in a landing accident when the crew neglected to lower the undercarriage.
• On 10 May 2007, Tenir Air Ilyushin Il-76TD EX-093 was destroyed in a fire whilst being loaded for a cargo fire.
• On 15 September 2007, Veteran Airline Antonov An-12B UR-CEN was damaged beyond economic repair in a fire which occurred when the engines were being started.
• On 25 January 2008, Canadian Airways Congo Boeing 727-247 9L-LEF was damaged beyond economic repair when it was struck on the ground by Aéro-Service Antonov An-12BP EK-11660 which suffered a brake failure whilst taxying. The An-12 was also damaged beyond economic repair.
• On 10 November 2008, Veteran Airline Antonov An-12 UR-PLV suffered an in-flight fire. A safe landing was made at Pointe Noire but the aircraft was subsequently destoyed by fire.
• On 21 March 2011, Trans Air Congo Antonov An-12 TN-AGK crashed on approach to Pointe Noire airport. All four crew were killed, as well as five illegal passengers and a number of people on the ground.