Douala International Airport

Douala International Airport

Aéroport international de MD-Douala
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorAéroports du Cameroun (ADC)
ServesDouala, Cameroon
Hub forCamair-Co
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates04°00′21″N 009°43′10″E / 4.00583°N 9.71944°E / 4.00583; 9.71944
Websiteccaa.aero
Map
DLA is located in Cameroon
DLA
DLA
Location of Airport in Cameroon
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,880 9,448 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers (2014)1,500,000
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Douala International Airport with airplanes in the flight line
Front view of the Douala International Airport on a bright sunny day

Douala International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Douala) (IATA: DLA, ICAO: FKKD) is an international airport located in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. With its 4 terminals[3] and an average of 1.5 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of freight per year,[4] it is the country's busiest airport. The airport is managed and partly owned (34%) by the company Aeroport du Cameroon (ADC) which also manages all other 13 airports on Cameroonian soil.[5]

  1. ^ "Airport information for FKKD". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for DLA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ mbene (24 March 2020). "Aéroport International MD-Douala". Aéroports Du Cameroun SA (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ^ "MD-Douala International Airport remains open authorities affirm". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 22 April 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ Kerf, Michel; Smith, Warrick (1 January 1996). Privatizing Africa's Infrastructure: Promise and Challenge. World Bank Publications. ISBN 9780821337448.