N'Djamena International Airport

N'Djamena International Airport
IATA: NDJ – ICAO: FTTJ NDJ Location of airport in Chad
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Owner		Government
Location		N'Djamena, Chad
Elevation AMSL		968 ft / 295 m
Coordinates		12°08′01″N 015°02′02″E / 12.13361°N 15.03389°E / 12.13361; 15.03389
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
05/23	9,186	2,800	Asphalt

N'Djamena International Airport (IATA: NDJ, ICAO: FTTJ), serves N'Djamena, Chad, and is the main international airport of Chad.

The airport is dual use, with civilian and military installations on opposite sides of the single runway.

Military base

Chadian firefighters trained by the French army in front of the Mirage 2000 French Air Force at the airport in N'Djamena in 2011.

There has been a French military base here since 1986, when Operation Epervier started, and was used as a French base during previous operations. In 2006 Epervier is composed of 1000 men, Mirage F-1 fighters, Puma helicopters, and transport and reconnaissance aircraft.

The French base is also shared by the small Chad Air Force.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Afriqiyah Airways	Tripoli (service is suspended)
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
ASKY Airlines	Lome, Lagos, Douala
Camairco	Douala
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Kenya Airways	Nairobi
Toumaï Air Tchad	Abeche, Bangui, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala, Libreville, Lome

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Cargolux	Luxembourg
Etihad Crystal Cargo	Abu Dhabi
Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo	Jeddah
Mid Express Tchad

Accidents and incidents

• On 28 January 1978,^[1] Douglas C-47 TT-EAB of Air Tchad^[2] was reportedly shot down by rebels near Tibesti.^[1] The damaged aircraft apparently landed at N'Djamena International Airport.^[3]
• On 19 September 1989 UTA flight 772, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (registration N54629)[1] operating the Brazzaville-N'Djamena-Paris CDG sector, was bombed 46 minutes after take-off from N'Djamena causing the aircraft to crash while flying over Niger. All 156 passengers and 14 crew members on board perished.^[4][5] For nearly 20 years, this incident marked the deadliest air disaster involving a French-operated airliner, in terms of loss of life. As of June 2009, it ranks as the second-deadliest (see Air France flight 447).
• On 24 July 2001, Vickers Viscount 3D-OHM of Transtel was damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident. Although written off by the insurers, the aircraft was repaired. Repairs were almost complete when a soldier accidentally discharged his gun, puncturing a fuel tank.^[6]

See also

	Chad portal
	Aviation portal

• Transport in Chad
• Air West Flight 612

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "TT-EAB Criminal occurrence description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19780128-1. Retrieved 1 August 2010. 
2. ^ "Douglas DC-3 and C-47 in Chad, Spelled Tchad in French". The Dakota Association of South Africa. http://www.dc-3.co.za/dc-3-in-africa/chad.html. Retrieved 2 August 2010. 
3. ^ "Jacques Hémet shares his vintage propliner images". Ruud Leeuw. http://www.ruudleeuw.com/others-hemet.htm. Retrieved 2 August 2010. 
4. ^ UTA 772: The forgotten flight
5. ^ McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N54629
6. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010724-5. Retrieved 5 September 2009. 

External links

• Accident history for FTTJ at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for FTTJ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Current weather for FTTJ at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for FTTJ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.