Pointe Noire Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Pointe Noire Agostinho Neto International Airport
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IATA = PNR
ICAO = FCPP
type = Pointe Noire
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location = 55
elevation-f = 17
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r1-number = 17/35
r1-length-f = 8,530
r1-length-m = 2,600
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport airport codes|PNR|FCPP, is an important airport located in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.

It is one of the two international airports in the country, the other being Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport.

The airport was inaugurated in 1934. Constructions have since been made to increase its capacity. It is currently able to serve ten million passengers a year.

A new terminal has recently been opened which is a massive improvement on the previous ‘cow shed’ building that was used. However, the new terminal is already showing signs of poor maintenance and neglect.

Several accidents has occurred at the airport, one Il-76 burnt down when on a standstilland one An-12 and B727 hit each other during a taxi accident.

As with many airports in West Africa Pointe Noire Airport it is seriously over staffed yet amazingly inefficient. Travellers through the airport, especially when departing, are pressured to give over money by airport officials (especially by the ‘security’ at the x-ray machine) with threats of being denied departure.

Airlines and destinations

*Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
*Air Service Gabon (Libreville)
*Avient Aviation (Châlons-en-Champagne, Lagos, Sharjah)
*Benin Golf Air (Cotonou, Libreville)
*Cameroon Airlines (Douala, Libreville)
*Gabon Airlines (Johaanesburg, Libreville)
*TAAG Angola Airlines (Bangui, Brazzaville, Douala, Luanda)
*Trans Air Congo (Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala)

References

* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Pointe_Noire-PNR/city-moreinfo.html Pointe-Noire Destinations]
* [http://www.avient.aero/scheduledflights.htm Avient Aviation Scheduled Flights]