Port Bouet Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Port Bouet Airport
(Félix Houphouët-Boigny Int'l Airport)
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IATA = ABJ
ICAO = DIAP
type = Public
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operator = AERIA
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location = Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
elevation-f = 21
elevation-m = 6
coordinates = Coord|05|15|40.99|N|03|55|34.66|W|type:airport
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metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 03/21
r1-length-f = 9,843
r1-length-m = 3,000
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Port Bouet Airport Airport codes|ABJ|DIAP, also known as Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport or Abidjan Airport, is located in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

In 2004, the airport served 815,403 passengers.

Information

The airport has a 3,000-meter runway, Instrument Landing System CAT3B equipment, 25 check-in counters, and nine boarding access points. AERIA, Abidjan Airport Management Company, operates and manages the whole airport area and relevant indirect services. There is a military apron at the airport. Private aircraft usually park in the commercial area, away from the terminal. Fencing and lighting are adequate at this facility.

A special airport police unit provides security at Abidjan's airport.

Airlines and destinations

*Aero Contractors (Nigeria) (Accra, Bamako, Lagos)
* Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli)
* Air Algérie (Algiers)
* Air Burkina (Bobo Dioulasso, Ouagadougou)
* Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
* Air Ivoire (Accra, Bamako, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Libreville, Lomé, Monrovia, Marseille, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Paris-Orly)
* Air Senegal International (Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar, Lome)
* Avient Aviation (Châlons-en-Champagne, Lagos, Sharjah) - cargo only
* Bellview Airlines (Abidjan, Accra, Conakry, Dakar, Lagos)
* Benin Golf Air (Cotonou)
* Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
* Compagnie Aérienne du Mali (Bamako, Conakry, Dakar, Lome, Ouagadougou)
* Emirates Airline (Dubai)
* Ethiopian Airlines (Accra, Addis Ababa, Lome)
* Kenya Airways (Cotonou, Douala, Nairobi)
* Mauritania Airways (Bamako, Dakar, Nouakchott)
* Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
* Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
* Slok Air International (Bamako, Banjul, Conarky, Dakar)
* South African Airways (Johannesburg)
* Tunisair (Tunis)
* Virgin Nigeria (Cotonou, Lagos)

Accidents and incidents

* November 23, 1996: Hijackers forced Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, bound from Mumbai and Addis Ababa to Abidjan through many stops, to crash into the Indian Ocean.
* January 30, 2000: Kenya Airways Flight 431 was originally intended to fly from Nairobi to Lagos to Abidjan, but the flight diverted to Abidjan. The aircraft hit the water after takeoff to Lagos.
* May 5, 2007: Kenya Airways Flight 507 originated in Abidjan and had stopped in Douala. After takeoff from Douala the aircraft crashed.

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/icao/DIAP.html Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport] (fallingrain.com)
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* [http://azworldairports.com/airports/p1820abj.htm A-Z World Airports Online: Abidjan International Airport (ABJ/DIAP)]
* [http://www.avient.aero/scheduledflights.htm Avient Aviation Scheduled Flights]
* [http://www.toumaiair.com/fr/index.php?page=dessertes Toumaï Air Tchad Destinations]