Douala International Airport
{{Short description|International airport in Douala, Cameroon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Douala International Airport
| nativename = {{lang|fr|Aéroport international de MD-Douala}}
| image = Douala Airport, 2013.jpg
| image-width = 250
| IATA = DLA
| ICAO = FKKD
| pushpin_map = Cameroon
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Airport in Cameroon
| pushpin_label = DLA
| pushpin_label_position = right
| type = Public / Military
| owner =
| operator = Aéroports du Cameroun (ADC)
| city-served = Douala, Cameroon
| hub = Camair-Co
| location =
| elevation-f = 33
| elevation-m = 10
| coordinates = {{coord|04|00|21|N|009|43|10|E|region:CM_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|ccaa.aero}}
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 12/30
| r1-length-m = 2,880
| r1-length-f = 9,448
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat1-header = Passengers (2014)
| stat1-data = 1,500,000
| footnotes = Source: DAFIF{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=FKKD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=FKKD|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for FKKD|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.{{GCM|DLA|source=DAFIF}}
}}
File:Aéroport de Douala (cameroun).jpg
Douala International Airport ({{langx|fr|link=no|Aéroport international de Douala}}) {{Airport codes|DLA|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{{Cite news|url=https://www.adcsa.aero/content/aeroport-international-douala|title=Aéroport International MD-Douala|last=mbene|date=2020-03-24|work=Aéroports Du Cameroun SA|access-date=2018-09-18|language=fr}} and an average of 1.5 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of freight per year,{{Cite news|url=http://www.crtv.cm/2018/04/douala-international-airport-remains-open-authorities-affirm/|title=MD-Douala International Airport remains open authorities affirm|date=2018-04-22|work=Cameroon Radio Television|access-date=2018-09-18|language=fr-FR}} 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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYOCgGeT49gC&pg=PA15|title=Privatizing Africa's Infrastructure: Promise and Challenge|last1=Kerf|first1=Michel|last2=Smith|first2=Warrick|date=1996-01-01|publisher=World Bank Publications|isbn=9780821337448|language=en}}
Runway
Douala Airport has a single runway, 12/30, with a length of 2,880 m (9,448 ft). Between 1 and 21 March 2016, the runway was closed for upgrade works; all airlines switched operations to Yaoundé Airport during that period.[http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/44111-airlines-to-use-yaound-for-duration-of-douala-closure "Airlines to use Yaoundé for duration of Douala closure"]. Ch-aviation. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016. This formed part of a renovation plan of 20 billion CFA (US$36,363,636 million), financed by the French Agency of Development, which targeted a two-stage renovation: first the airport's runway, and then its terminals and interior.{{Cite news|url=http://www.crtv.cm/2018/04/douala-international-airport-remains-open-authorities-affirm/|title=Douala International Airport remains open authorities affirm|date=2018-04-22|work=Cameroon Radio Television|access-date=2018-09-18|language=fr-FR}}
Statistics
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=DLA}}
Airlines and destinations
=Passenger=
{{airport-dest-list
| Afrijet | Bata, Libreville,[https://www.flyafrijet.online/en/About-us/Oursked Schedule 2016] Malabo
| Air Algérie | Abuja, Algiers{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230816-ahnw23dla|title=Air Algerie plans Douala NW23 Launch}}
| Air Côte d'Ivoire | Abidjan, Abuja
| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle
| ASKY Airlines | Bangui, Lomé, N'Djamena
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels
| Camair-Co | Bafoussam, Bangui, Brazzaville,{{cite web |title=Camair-Co May 2024 Africa Network Expansion |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240417-qcmay24 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=17 April 2024}} Cotonou, Garoua, Libreville, Maroua, N'Djamena, Ngaoundéré, Pointe-Noire, Yaoundé
| Egyptair | Cairo{{Cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/285154/egyptair-plans-douala-service-from-late-july-2019/?highlight=egyptair|title=EGYPTAIR plans Douala service from late-July 2019}}
| {{nowrap|Ethiopian Airlines}} | Addis Ababa
| Kenya Airways | Abidjan, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250325-kqns25int|title=Kenya Airways NS25 International Service Changes – 23MAR25|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=25 March 2025|accessdate=25 March 2025|language=en}}
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Casablanca|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=194–195}}
| RwandAir | Kigali,{{cite web|url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/3125-new-flight-to-douala-from-april-9-says-rwandair?reg=Southern+Africa|title=New Flight to Douala from April 9, says RwandAir – Southern Africa|access-date=10 May 2018}} Libreville
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul{{Cite web |url=https://onemileatatime.com/istanbul-airport-transition-delay/|title=Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)|date=9 April 2019}}
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File:Inauguration du Dja, avion camerounais 03.jpg|Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER taxiing at Douala.
File:Inauguration du Dja, avion camerounais 02.jpg|Water salute of a Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER.
File:Inauguration du Dja, avion camerounais 01.jpg| Water salute of a Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER.
File:Avion camerounais dans les airs.jpg|Camair-Co Boeing 767-300ER taking off.
=Cargo=
{{Airport destination list
| Astral Aviation | Liège
| Egyptair Cargo | Cairo
| Ethiopian Airlines Cargo | Addis Ababa
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
| Magma Aviation | Liège
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Accidents and incidents
- 4 March 1962: Caledonian Airways Flight 153 – all 111 people on board died
- On 30 August 1984, Cameroon Airlines Flight 786, a Boeing 737-200 registered as (TJ-CBD), experienced an engine malfunction when taxiing. A fire from the damaged fuel tank engulfed the aircraft causing it to burn out. Two passengers were trapped by the flames and died. The remaining 107 passengers and seven crew members were able to evacuate the plane safely.{{cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2H7C TJ-CBD Douala Airport (DLA)|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840830-0|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
- 3 December 1995: Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 – 71 out of 76 people on board died
- 5 May 2007: the Kenya Airways Flight 507 scheduled for Abidjan – Douala – Nairobi crashed in Mbanga Pongo near Douala international airport, two minutes after it took off from the airport. Although the weather was bad, the report from the Cameroonian civil aviation authority said the pilots were to blame for the crash.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ozatp-kenya-airways-crash-20100428-idAFJOE63R0DQ20100428|title=Kenya Airways Cameroon crash blamed on pilot actions: report|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-09-18}} There were 114 fatalities, including 37 Cameroonians, 15 Indians and one American.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/28/kenya.crash.findings/index.html|title=Pilot error blamed for 2007 Kenya Airways crash|publisher=CNN|access-date=2018-09-18}}
References
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External links
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