Faya-Largeau Airport | |
Iata: | FYT |
Icao: | FTTY |
Type: | Public / Military |
Operator: | Government |
City-Served: | Faya-Largeau, Chad |
Elevation-F: | 771 |
Elevation-M: | 235 |
Coordinates: | 17.9169°N 19.1108°W |
Pushpin Map: | Chad |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Chad |
Pushpin Label: | FTTY |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 06/24 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,800 |
R1-Length-F: | 9,186 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources:[1] |
Faya-Largeau Airport (Arabic: مطار فايا لارجو) is an airport serving Faya-Largeau, the largest city in northern Chad. It is located in Chad's Borkou Region.
Since 2013, three French Rafale are parked in Faya-Largeau to protect the Chadian airspace.
The airport resides at an elevation of 771feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 06/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 2800mx45mm (9,200feetx148feetm).
On 16 February 1976, a Douglas C-47A TT-LAG of the Force Aérienne Tchadienne was damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Faya-Largeau Airport. There were no casualties.[2]