- Conakry International Airport
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Conakry International Airport IATA: CKY – ICAO: GUCY Location of Airport in Guinea Summary Airport type Public Location Conakry Elevation AMSL 72 ft / 22 m Coordinates 09°34′36.80″N 13°36′43.06″W / 9.576889°N 13.6119611°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 10,826 3,300 Asphalt Conakry International Airport (IATA: CKY, ICAO: GUCY), also known as Gbessia International Airport, is an airport located in Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. It is divided into domestic and international terminals. The airport services a number of West African airlines such as in Air Ivoire, Benin Golf Air and Slok Airlines, and a number of North African and European airlines: Brussels Airlines, Air France and Royal Air Maroc.[citation needed]
In the 1970s Soviet Naval Aviation was granted facilities at the airport to serve as a staging base for Atlantic maritime reconnaissance patrols by Tu-142 aircraft.
It was reported in 1975 that most of the Guinean air force's aircraft were based at Conakry-Gbessia airport.[1]
All foreigners are required to have a valid Guinean visa and a vaccination card in order to be granted entry.
The airport parking lot is also a popular destination for students preparing for exams, as it is one of the few places in the country which is freely accessible to the public and always illuminated by electric lamps.[2]
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Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Air France Monrovia, Nouakchott, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Air Ivoire Abidjan, Libreville Air Mali Bamako Benin Golf Air Abidjan, Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar Brussels Airlines Brussels Eagle Air Freetown, Monrovia, Bamako, Banjul, Dakar Ethiopian Airlines operated by ASKY Airlines Bamako, Lomé Fly 6ix Banjul, Freetown, Monrovia-Spriggs Payne Royal Air Maroc Banjul, Bissau [begins 13 December], Casablanca Sénégal Airlines Dakar Incidents
- On July 1, 1983 a CAAK (predecessor to Air Koryo) Ilyushin 62M on a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Pyongyang, North Korea (Sunan International Airport) to Conakry, Guinea (Conakry International Airport) crashed at the Fouta Djall Mountains in Guinea. All 23 persons on board were killed, and the aircraft was written off.
References
- ^ Harold D. Nelson, Area Handbook for Guinea, Department of the Army Pamphlet 550-174, 1975, p.333
- ^ Callimachi, Rukmini (2007-07-20). "Students scrounge for light at Guinea airport". Seattle Times Newspaper. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003797584_guinea20.html. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
External links
- Airport information for GUCY at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- A-Z World Airports
Airports in Guinea
Boké Baralande · Conakry International · Faranah · Fria · Gbenko · Kankan · Kawass · Kissidougou · Macenta · Nzérékoré · Sambailo · Sangarédi · Siguiri · Tata
Categories:- Airports in Guinea
- Buildings and structures in Conakry
- West African airport stubs
- Guinea stubs
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