Léon-Mba International Airport

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Léon-Mba International Airport (IATA: LBV, ICAO: FOOL, French: Aéroport international Léon-Mba) is an airport situated in Libreville, Gabon. Constructed in the 1950s, it is the main international airport in the country.^[3]

Léon-Mba International Airport Aéroport international Léon-Mba
IATA: LBV ICAO: FOOL
Summary
Airport type	Public and military
Operator	Handling Partners Gabon
Serves	Libreville
Location	Libreville, Gabon
Hub for	Nationale Regionale Transport
Elevation AMSL	39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	00°27′31″N 009°24′44″E
Website	www.libreville-aeroport.com
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 3,000 9,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers 721,411
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Air France Boeing 777 arrived from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France.

Airlines	Destinations
AfriJet	Bangui, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala, Franceville, Johannesburg–OR Tambo,[4] Oyem,[5] Pointe-Noire, Port Gentil, Príncipe, São Tomé, Yaoundé
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan, Brazzaville, Cotonou,[6][7] Lagos, Pointe-Noire[8]
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
ASKY Airlines	Douala, Johannesburg–OR Tambo, Kinshasa–N'djili, Lomé, São Tomé,[9] Yaoundé[10]
Camair-co	Cotonou,[11] Douala, Pointe-Noire,[12] Yaoundé
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Malabo
Nationale Regionale Transport	Franceville, Koulamoutou, Makokou, Mouila, Oyem, Port-Gentil, Tchibanga
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca[13]
RwandAir	Douala,[14] Kigali, Yaoundé[15]
Trans Air Congo	Douala, Pointe-Noire
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul, Luanda, Pointe-Noire

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Cargolux	Luxembourg
DHL Aviation	Abidjan, Franceville, Port-Gentil
Ethiopian Cargo	Abidjan, Addis Ababa
Royal Air Maroc Cargo	Addis Ababa, Casablanca

Accidents and incidents

• On 2 April 1977, an Aviogenex (Yugoslavia) Tupolev Tu-134 registered YU-AJS, crashed on landing, killing the eight crew on board.^[16]
• On 8 June 2004, a Gabon Express twin-engine Hawker Siddeley HS 748 operating Gabon Express Flight 221 ditched into the Gulf of Guinea after suffering an engine failure and hydraulic problems shortly after take-off, leading to the deaths of 19 out of the 30 onboard.^[17]
• On 6 June 2011, Antonov An-26 TR-LII of Solenta Aviation, operating Flight 122A for DHL Aviation ditched in the sea near Libreville International Airport.^[18][19] Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured.^[18] The crew reported hydraulic problems and eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft's propellers were not turning at the time of the ditching.^[19]

See also

• List of airports in Gabon
• Transport in Gabon