Libreville International Airport

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Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport
LBV Libreville international airport departure lounge.JPG
Departure lounge
IATA: LBV – ICAO: FOOL
Summary
Airport type Public and military
Operator Handling Partners Gabon
Serves Libreville
Location Libreville, Gabon
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 39 ft / 12 m
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Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,000 9,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers 721,411
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (IATA: LBV, ICAO: FOOL) is an airport situated in Libreville, Gabon. It is the main international airport in the country and was constructed in the 1950s.[3]

Airlines and destinations

British Caledonian, Iberia Airlines, Lufthansa , Sabena, Swissair, Swiss International Air Lines, and TAP Portugal also have operated flights to Libreville in the past.[citation needed]

Passenger

Air France Boeing 777 arrived from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France.
Airlines Destinations
Afric Aviation Port-Gentil
Africa's Connection STP[4] São Tomé[5]
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan, Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire[6]
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
ASKY Airlines Addis Ababa, Brazzaville, Kinshasa-N'djili, Lomé, Yaoundé[7]
Camair-co Douala
CEIBA Intercontinental Bata, Douala, Malabo, Pointe-Noire, São Tomé
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Malabo
Nationale Regionale Transport Franceville, Koulamoutou, Makokou, Mayumba, Mouila, Oyem, Port-Gentil, Tchibanga
RwandAir Brazzaville, Kigali
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Luanda
Sénégal Airlines Abidjan, Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar
South African Airways Douala, Johannesburg-OR Tambo
Trans Air Congo Douala, Pointe-Noire
Turkish Airlines Kinshasa, Istanbul-Ataturk[8]
Westair Benin Cotonou, Douala[9]

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
Cargolux Luxembourg
DHL Aviation Abidjan, Franceville, Port-Gentil,
Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon various
Royal Air Maroc Cargo Addis Abeba, Casablanca
Sky Gabon Douala, Malabo, Pointe-Noire, Port-Gentil

Accidents and incidents

  • On 6 June 2011, Antonov An-26 TR-LII of Solenta Aviation, operating Flight 122A for DHL Aviation ditched in the sea near Libreville International Airport.[10][11] Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured.[10] The crew reported hydraulic problems and eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft's propellers were not turning at the time of the ditching.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for FOOL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. ↑ Airport information for LBV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ http://www.adp-i.com/en/libreville-leon-mba-international-airport-tender
  4. ↑ Africa's Connection STP official website
  5. ↑ Route map 2014,https://ef1888c0-a-bdfcef60-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/africas-connection.com/www-africas-connection-com/our-schedules/route-map-AC---vers-2.gif?attachauth=ANoY7cq3qPyqJTa3YDmL9d5iCbzkOjLaXw5yuytxaXnDIjiScJ_UM3X2Z72DWy6yKhnTjCbsPOlO851gY5WLPDRMOn0wJs2_HF6QN6yBIeQBj3qvdcnVG70nwEpto9_ADu9x4eQD5QnhXyaceAKDvZI06hH_cKmore7YZUZSTcGSLYoj_rT-yUGKwkkBnnbA6EHQAbHR-GRheu_4WHYoeZr1cZQHbsbfdR6Jym3IuAfxhXOKwA9WmGfl4DII4h34zI3Qd42sduUz2zPQyMg_x_yiSWznSKwRAA%3D%3D&attredirects=0
  6. ↑ Air Côte d’Ivoire start ABJ-LBV-PNR service from February 2013
  7. ↑ September 2014 Timetable, http://www.flyasky.com/asky/horaires/lbv
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Westair Benin destinations list for Winter 2012/2013
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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