Libreville Leon M'ba Airport
| Libreville L'Aéroport International Léon Mba airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | FOOL |
| IATA code | LBV |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 12 m (39 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 7 km north of Libreville |
| Street | L101 |
| Basic data | |
| Passengers | 855,310 (2016) |
| Air freight | 13,812 t (2016) |
| Flight movements |
26,273 (2015) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 16/34 | 3000 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Libreville airport LÉON M'BA ( IATA : LBV ; ICAO : FOOL ; . Fr Aéroport de Libreville ) is the largest and most important airport in Gabon . It is located near the capital Libreville and serves as the home base of Gabon Airlines .
Airlines and Destinations
In addition to numerous connections within Africa , including to Abidjan , Nairobi and Douala , there are also two connections to Europe with Air France to Paris and PrivatAir (on behalf of Lufthansa ) to Frankfurt am Main .
Incidents
- On 2 April 1977, one loaded with meat products was Tupolev Tu-134A of Aviogenex (YU-AJS) landing at the airport Libreville, noted as the pilots that the runway by a maneuverable with Boeing 707 was blocked. The air traffic controller on duty had not previously informed the pilots. When hastily initiating the go - around in the rain, the overtired captain tore the steering column, causing the machine to dangle, brushing against a 60 meter high baobab tree and falling. All eight people on board were killed (see also Aviogenex's flight accident near Libreville ) .
Trivia
- The airport was named after Léon M'ba , Gabon's first president.
- In 1969, the Concorde supersonic aircraft landed at the airport once .
Web links
Commons : Libreville International Airport - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Official website of Libreville International Airport (French, English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Libreville Léon M'ba International Airport. Egis-Airports-Network.com , accessed on March 27, 2018 (English).
- ^ Accident report TU-134 YU-AJS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 30, 2020.
- ↑ a b adlgabon.com - Historic & Mission ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on August 30, 2011
