Cadjehoun airport

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Cadjehoun airport
Cadjehoun (Benin) airport
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Characteristics
ICAO code DBBB
IATA code COO
Coordinates

6 ° 21 '23 "  N , 2 ° 23' 0"  E Coordinates: 6 ° 21 '23 "  N , 2 ° 23' 0"  E
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



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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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Accident report B-727-200 3X-GDO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 2, 2019.