Cadjehoun airport
Cadjehoun airport | ||
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Characteristics | ||
ICAO code | DBBB | |
IATA code | COO | |
Coordinates | ||
Height above MSL | 6 m (20 ft ) | |
Transport links | ||
Distance from the city center | 6 km west of Cotonou | |
Local transport | Taxi, bus routes | |
Basic data | ||
operator | ASECNA | |
Passengers | 301,493 | |
Start-and runway | ||
06/24 | 2400 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Cadjehoun Airport (also Cotonou Airport , French Aéroport International Cardinal Bernardin Gantin / Cadjehoun ) is an international airport in Benin . It is located about six kilometers west of the center in the largest city in the country Cotonou on the Bay of Benin . There is a terminal with several rental car counters, restaurants and cafes, information counters and hotel reservation counters. There are taxis that go into the center. The airport is named after the Beninese cardinal Bernardin Gantin who died in 2008 .
Incidents
- On December 25, 2003, a Boeing 727-223 of the Union des Transports Africains de Guinée ( aircraft registration number (3X-GDO) ) crashed during take-off at Cotonou-Cadjehoun Airport immediately after take-off, after it hit the ILS antennas and a small building had grazed. Of the presumably 163 occupants, 141 were killed, including 5 of the 10 crew members. The situation was chaotic when boarding and loading luggage. Overloading and unknown center of gravity were identified as the main causes of the accident. Other contributing factors identified were serious inadequacies in the airline's competence and inadequate oversight by the aviation safety authorities in Guinea and Swaziland (see also UTAGE flight 141 ) .
Airlines
Mainly African airlines operate to Cadjehoun. To Europe only Air France fly to Paris and Brussels Airlines to Brussels .
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Entry at Flugplatz.org
- Aeronautical chart for Cadjehoun Airport on SkyVector.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Accident report B-727-200 3X-GDO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 2, 2019.