Parakou Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Borgou, Benin}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Parakou Airport

| IATA = PKO

| ICAO = DBBP

| type = Public

| city-served = Parakou

| location = {{flag|Benin}}

| elevation-f = 1289

| elevation-m = 393

| coordinates = {{coord|9|21|25.6|N|2|36|33.2|E|region:BJ_type:airport|name=Parakou Airport (Parakou)|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Benin

| pushpin_label= DBBP

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Parakou Airport in Benin

| r1-number = 04/22

| r1-length-f = 5,250

| r1-length-m = 1,600

| r1-surface = DIRT

| footnotes = Source: Landings.com[http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?DBBP Airport record for Parakou Airport] at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ht=en&z=13&t=k&q=9.35711111111111,2.60922222222222+%28Parakou+Airport%29|title=location of Parakou Airport|accessdate=2013-08-09}}

}}

Parakou Airport {{Airport codes|PKO|DBBP}} is a public use airport located 1 km northwest of Parakou, Borgou, Benin. It is to be replaced by the Tourou International Airport, a new airport in Tankaro, about 10 km northwest of Parakou, which will feature an asphalt runway 3,500 meters in length. The new airport entered service on 18 March 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://beninwebtv.com/2018/05/benin-laeroport-international-de-tourou-lautre-elephant-blanc-du-regime-yayi/amp/|title = Bénin : l'Aéroport international de Tourou, l'autre éléphant blanc du régime Yayi ?|date = May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2016-03/20/content_38067655.htm|title = Bénin : Mise en service de l'aéroport international de Tourou}}