LBV - Libreville ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

:round_pushpin: Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code

  • Libreville International Airport (ICAO: FOOL / IATA: LBV)

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Location (City, Country)

:chart_increasing: Airport Type & Size

  • This airport is a small-sized airport that provides travel from this country, as it supports roughly 1 million passengers a year. This airport can handle aircraft from a small Cessna 206 to a Boeing 787 and Airbus A350.
  • Main Terminal = 12 stands with 2 jetbridges, Able to hold A-E
  • Side Stands = 9 stands, able to accommodate A-B aircraft.
  • Remote Cargo stands South of Terminal = 2 stands accommodate A-E aircraft
  • Runway Length = 16/34 - 3,000 Metres / 9,840 Feet

:vertical_traffic_light: Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?

  • This airport would make a great small airport for the West Coast of Africa. This airport should be added since it would be added to the list of playable airports in Africa. This airport would be great to receive connections from South America and Europe. This airport does have plans to expand and make a larger terminal, but I canโ€™t find anything about it.

:airplane_departure: Major Airlines & Routes

  • Major Airlines = Camair-Co, Air Ghana, FlyGabon, Air France, Air Cรดte dโ€™Ivoire, Ethiopian Airlines, Jeju Air, ASKY Airlines, Turkish Airlines, RwandAir, TAAG Angola Airlines, Kenya Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Westair Benin, Afrijet Business Service, La Nationale, Sky Gabon.
  • Major Routes = Paris Charles de Gaulle CDG, Casablanca Mohammed V CMN, Addis Ababa Bole ADD, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta NBO, Johannesburg OR Tambo JNB, Lomรฉ Tokoin LFW, Cotonou Cadjehoun COO, Lagos Murtala Mohammed LOS, Banhui BGF, Port Harcourt PHC, Malabo SSG, Douala DLA, Yaounde NSI, Bata BSG, Oyem OYE, Makokou MKU, Sรฃo Tomรฉ TMS, Port-Gentil POG, Franceville Mvengue MVB, Pointe Noire PNR, Kinshasa Nโ€™Djili FIH, Brazzaville Maya Maya BZV, Mouila MJL, Tchibanga TCH, Abidjan ABJ, Barnako BKO, Ouagadougou OUA, Bissau OXB, Luanda LAD, Kigali KGL, Nouakchott NKC, Instanbul Turkiye IST,

:world_map: Unique Features or Challenges

  • The Unique features or challenges that this airport can face will be massive tropical storms, and this airport can also have unique ways of runway usage.

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