Port Bouet Airport , also known as Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport or Abidjan Airport, is located in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
In 2004, the airport served 815,403 passengers.
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The airport has a 3,000-meter runway, Instrument Landing System CAT3B equipment, 25 check-in counters, and nine boarding access points. AERIA, Abidjan Airport Management Company, operates and manages the whole airport area and relevant indirect services. There is a military apron at the airport. Private aircraft usually park in the commercial area, away from the terminal. Fencing and lighting are adequate at this facility.
A special airport police unit provides security at Abidjan's airport.
Airlines and destinations
- Aero Contractors (Nigeria) (Accra, Bamako, Lagos)
- Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli)
- Air Algérie (Algiers)
- Air Burkina (Bobo Dioulasso, Ouagadougou)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Air Ivoire (Accra, Bamako, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Libreville, Lomé, Monrovia, Marseille, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Paris-Orly)
- Air Senegal International (Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar, Lome)
- Avient Aviation (Châlons-en-Champagne, Lagos, Sharjah)
- Bellview Airlines (Abidjan, Accra, Conakry, Dakar, Lagos)
- Benin Golf Air (Cotonou)
- Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
- Cameroon Airlines (Bamako, Dakar Douala, Lagos)
- Compagnie Aérienne du Mali (Bamako, Conakry, Dakar, Lome, Ouagadougou)
- Emirates Airline (Dubai)
- Ethiopian Airlines (Accra, Addis Ababa, Lome)
- Kenya Airways (Cotonou, Douala, Nairobi)
- Mauritania Airways (Bamako, Dakar, Nouakchott)
- Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
- Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
- Slok Air International (Bamako, Banjul, Conarky, Dakar)
- South African Airways (Johannesburg)
- Toumaï Air Tchad
- Tunisair (Tunis)
- Virgin Nigeria (Cotonou, Lagos) [Starts Aug 4th, 2008]
Accidents and incidents
- November 23, 1996: Hijackers forced Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, bound from Mumbai and Addis Ababa to Abidjan through many stops, to crash into the Indian Ocean.
- January 30, 2000: Kenya Airways Flight 431 was originally intended to fly from Nairobi to Lagos to Abidjan, but the flight diverted to Abidjan. The aircraft hit the water after takeoff to Lagos.
- May 5, 2007: Kenya Airways Flight 507 originated in Abidjan and had stopped in Douala. After takeoff from Douala the aircraft crashed.
External links
- Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (fallingrain.com)
- A-Z World Airports Online: Abidjan International Airport (ABJ/DIAP)
- Avient Aviation Scheduled Flights
- Toumaï Air Tchad Destinations
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