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Douala International Airport

Coordinates: 04°00′21″N 009°43′10″E / 4.00583°N 9.71944°E / 4.00583; 9.71944
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Douala International Airport

Aéroport international de MD-Douala
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorAéroports du Cameroun (ADC)
ServesDouala, Cameroon
Hub forCamair-Co
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates04°00′21″N 009°43′10″E / 4.00583°N 9.71944°E / 4.00583; 9.71944
Websiteccaa.aero
Map
DLA is located in Cameroon
DLA
DLA
Location of Airport in Cameroon
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,880 9,448 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers (2014)1,500,000
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Douala International Airport with airplanes in the flight line
Front view of the Douala International Airport on a bright sunny day

Douala International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Douala) (IATA: DLA, ICAO: FKKD) is an international airport located in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. With its 4 terminals[3] and an average of 1.5 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of freight per year,[4] it is the country's busiest airport. The airport is managed and partly owned (34%) by the company Aeroport du Cameroon (ADC) which also manages all other 13 airports on Cameroonian soil.[5]

Runway

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Douala Airport has a single runway, 12/30, with a length of 2,880 m (9,448 ft). Between 1 and 21 March 2016, the runway was closed for upgrade works; all airlines switched operations to Yaoundé Airport during that period.[6] This formed part of a renovation plan of 20 billion CFA (US$36,363,636 million), financed by the French Agency of Development, which targeted a two-stage renovation: first the airport's runway, and then its terminals and interior.[7]

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at DLA airport. See Wikidata query.

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
Africa's Connection STP São Tomé
Afrijet Libreville[8]
Air Algérie Algiers[9]
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan, Abuja, Bangui, N'Djamena
Air France Malabo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
ASKY Airlines Bangui, Johannesburg–OR Tambo, Lagos, Libreville, Lomé, N'Djamena
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Camair-Co Abidjan, Bafoussam, Bamenda, Bangui, Brazzaville,[10] Cotonou, Dakar–Diass,[11] Garoua, Lagos, Libreville, Maroua, N'Djamena, Ngaoundéré, Pointe-Noire,[10] Yaoundé
Congo Airways Kinshasa–N'Djili[12]
Cronos Airlines Lagos, Malabo
Egyptair Cairo[13]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Malabo
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
RwandAir Bangui,[14] Kigali,[15] Libreville[16]
Trans Air Congo Libreville, Pointe-Noire
Tunisair Libreville, Tunis (both begin 31 March 2025)[17]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[18]
  • Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER taxiing at Douala.
    Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER taxiing at Douala.
  • Water salute of a Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER.
    Water salute of a Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER.
  • Water salute of a Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER.
    Water salute of a Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER.
  • Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER taking off.
    Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER taking off.

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Allied Air Port Harcourt
Astral Aviation Liège
Egyptair Cargo Cairo
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Addis Ababa
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Magma Aviation Liège

Accidents and incidents

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  • 4 March 1962: Caledonian Airways Flight 153 – all 111 people on board died
  • On 30 August 1984, Cameroon Airlines Flight 786, a Boeing 737-200 registered as (TJ-CBD), experienced an engine malfunction when taxiing. A fire from the damaged fuel tank engulfed the aircraft causing it to burn out. Two passengers were trapped by the flames and died. The remaining 107 passengers and seven crew members were able to evacuate the plane safely.[19]
  • 3 December 1995: Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 – 71 out of 76 people on board died
  • 5 May 2007: the Kenya Airways Flight 507 scheduled for Abidjan – Douala – Nairobi crashed in Mbanga Pongo near Douala international airport, two minutes after it took off from the airport. Although the weather was bad, the report from the Cameroonian civil aviation authority said the pilots were to blame for the crash.[20] There were 114 fatalities, including 37 Cameroonians, 15 Indians and one American.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Airport information for FKKD". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for DLA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ mbene (24 March 2020). "Aéroport International MD-Douala". Aéroports Du Cameroun SA (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ^ "MD-Douala International Airport remains open authorities affirm". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 22 April 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ Kerf, Michel; Smith, Warrick (1 January 1996). Privatizing Africa's Infrastructure: Promise and Challenge. World Bank Publications. ISBN 9780821337448.
  6. ^ "Airlines to use Yaoundé for duration of Douala closure". Ch-aviation. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Douala International Airport remains open authorities affirm". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 22 April 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  8. ^ Schedule 2016
  9. ^ "Air Algerie plans Douala NW23 Launch".
  10. ^ a b "Camair-Co May 2024 Africa Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  11. ^ Camair-Co adds Dakar flight from June 2018 Routesonline. d27 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  13. ^ "EGYPTAIR plans Douala service from late-July 2019".
  14. ^ "RwandAir expands Central Africa network, London halted".
  15. ^ "New Flight to Douala from April 9, says RwandAir – Southern Africa". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  16. ^ Rwandair network adjustment from Sep 2016 Routesonline. 12 August 2016.
  17. ^ "Tunisair Tentatively Moves Douala / Libreville Service Launch to NS25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)". 9 April 2019.
  19. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2H7C TJ-CBD Douala Airport (DLA)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
  20. ^ "Kenya Airways Cameroon crash blamed on pilot actions: report". U.S. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Pilot error blamed for 2007 Kenya Airways crash". CNN. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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