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Lungi International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Freetown | ||||||||||
| Location | Lungi, Sierra Leone | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 84 ft / 26 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 08°36′59.20″N 13°11′43.76″W / 8.6164444°N 13.1954889°W | ||||||||||
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Freetown-Lungi International Airport (IATA: FNA, ICAO: GFLL) is an international airport located in the coastal town of Lungi, Sierra Leone. It serves as the primary airport for domestic and international travel to and from Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone River separates Lungi International Airport from Freetown, the nation's capital city. The airport is operated by the Sierra Leone Airports Authority. Prior to its use as a civilian airport, it was a British Air Force base.
Facilities
The terminal building of the airport has a General Waiting Hall, a Departures Wing, and an Arrivals Wing. The General Waiting Hall provides ticketing desks for local transportation (coach, ferry, helicopter, hovercraft, and taxi), postal services, a travel agency office, and a restaurant; the Departures Wing contains duty free shops, lounges, and a business centre with telephone, Internet, and fax services; the Arrivals Wing has a customs hall with a money exchange window, a lost and found baggage office, and an information office.[citation needed] The airport grounds also contain a bank (First International Bank Ltd), an aviation security centre, a police centre, a car park, and a mosque.[citation needed]
Transfers to Freetown
Passengers have the choice of ferry, helicopter, the new Pelican Water Taxi or an ex-Isle of Wight Hovercraft docked in the Aberdeen district of Freetown to cross the bay to Freetown.[citation needed]
Airlines and destinations
Charter flights
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Eagle Air | Freetown-Hastings |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Avient Aviation | Lagos, Liège, Sharjah [1] |
Incidents and accidents
On August 11th, 2004 at around 2:30 p.m. a Boeing 737 plane operated by Air Guinee Express crashed while failing to take off at Lungi Airport. None of the 70 passengers aboard were killed.[2]
On June 3, 2007, a helicopter flight from Freetown exploded and crashed on landing at Lungi airport, killing all 22 people on board. The helicopter, a Russian Mi-8, was operated by Paramount Airlines, which shuttles passengers between Sierra Leone's coastal capital Freetown and Lungi airport. [3]
References
- ^ Avient Aviation Schedule from LGG
- ^ Concord Times, Freetown, August 17 2004, "Crash Victim Tells Kabbah I Am Totally Disappointed in Your Government"
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/03/us-leone-helicopter-idUSL0365046420070603
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