Yaoundé Airport (French: Aéroport de Yaoundé-Ville, IATA: YAO, ICAO: FKKY) is an airport in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon and a city in the Centre Province. It is also known as Yaoundé Ville Airport.[1][2][3] It should not be confused with Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport
Yaoundé Airport Aéroport de Yaoundé-Ville | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Cameroon Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,464 ft / 751 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 03°50′10.4″N 011°31′24.3″E / 3.836222°N 11.523417°E | ||||||||||
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  FKKY Location of Yaoundé Airport in Cameroon | |||||||||||
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Accidents and incidents
editThe following accidents and incidents occurred either at the airport, or involved aircraft from the airport.
- On 28 June 1989, a Cameroon Airlines Hawker Siddeley HS 748 plane from Bafoussam registered as (TJ-CCF) overshot the runway by 43 m upon landing in stormy weather at Yaounde International Airport following a scheduled flight from Douala and collided with an embankment, killing the two pilots and one of the 45 passengers on board.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Airport information for FKKY - Yaoundé Ville". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ a b Airport information for YAO / FKKY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Accident history for YAO / FKKY - Yaoundé-Ville Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Ranter, Harro (31 October 1981). "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-748-435 Srs. 2B TJ-CCF Yaoundé-Ville Airport (YAO)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-748-435 Srs. 2B TJ-CCF Yaoundé-Ville Airport (YAO)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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