Douala International Airport

Douala International Airport Aéroport international de Douala
IATA: DLA – ICAO: FKKD
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Aéroports du Cameroun (ADC)
Serves	Douala, Cameroon
Hub for	Camair-Co
Elevation AMSL	33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates	04°00′21″N 009°43′10″E / 4.00583°N 9.71944°ECoordinates: 04°00′21″N 009°43′10″E / 4.00583°N 9.71944°E
Map
DLA Location of Airport in Cameroon
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 2,853 9,359 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers (2009) 704,765
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Douala International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Douala) (IATA: DLA, ICAO: FKKD) is an international airport located 10 kilometres (5 nmi; 6 mi) from Douala, the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. It is the country's busiest airport.

Runway

Douala Airport has a single runway, 12/30, with a length of 2,853 m (9,359 ft). Between 1 and 21 March 2016, the runway will be closed for upgrade works; all airlines will switch to Yaoundé Airport during this period.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Asky airlines at Douala, 2013

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Africa's Connection STP	São Tomé
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan, Bangui, N'Djamena
Air France	Malabo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Arik Air	Cotonou, Kinshasa–N'Djili, Lagos
ASKY Airlines	Bangui, Lagos, Libreville, Lomé, N'Djamena
Brussels Airlines	Brussels^1
Camair-Co	Abidjan, Brazzaville, Bafoussam, Cotonou, Garoua, Kinshasa–N'Djili, Lagos (suspended), Libreville, Malabo, Maroua, N'Djamena, Ngaoundéré, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Yaoundé
CEIBA Intercontinental	Bata, Cotonou, Libreville, Malabo, N'Djamena
Cronos Airlines	Bata, Malabo
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Malabo
Kenya Airways	Bangui, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca^1
RwandAir	Kigali, Libreville [4]
South African Airways	Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Libreville
TAAG Angola Airlines	Bangui, Brazzaville, Luanda
Trans Air Congo	Libreville, Pointe–Noire
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk^1

¹: Some of these flights to Douala from North Africa and Europe make a stop in Yaoundé. However, the airlines in question do not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Douala and Yaoundé.^[5]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Allied Air	Lagos, Liege, Nairobi, Pointe Noire
Etihad Cargo[6]	Abu Dhabi, Lagos, Nairobi
Sky Gabon	Libreville

Accidents and incidents

• 4 March 1962: Caledonian Airways Flight 153
• 3 December 1995: Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701
• 5 May 2007: Kenya Airways Flight 507

References

1. Airport information for FKKD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
2. Airport information for DLA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
3. "Airlines to use Yaoundé for duration of Douala closure". Ch-aviation. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
4. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268379/rwandair-network-adjustment-from-sep-2016/
5. "SN371 - Flights list - Flightradar24". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
6. Etihad cargo launch Douala

External links

• Accident history for DLA at Aviation Safety Network