Petit Bambam Airport Explained

Petit Bam-Bam Airport
Nativename:Aéroport Petit Bambam
City-Served:Petit Bam-Bam
Elevation-F:338
Coordinates:-0.4833°N 9.5917°W
Pushpin Map:Gabon
Pushpin Label:Petit Bam-Bam
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Gabon
R1-Number:08/26
R1-Length-M:1000
R1-Surface:Grass
Metric-Rwy:y
Footnotes:Source: Bing Maps[1] HERE[2]

Petit Bam-Bam Airport (French: Aéroport Petit Bambam) is an airstrip serving Petit Bam-Bam, an exposed geologic formation of white clay overlain with red clay[3] on the border between Estuaire and Moyen-Ogooué Provinces in Gabon.

The airstrip is within Gabon's Wonga Wongue National Park, and is 3km (02miles) east of Petit Bam‑bam. It is 13km (08miles) southeast of the larger Grand Bam‑bam formation.[4]

The Port Gentil VOR (Ident: PG) is located 52.7nmi west-southwest of the airstrip. The Libreville VOR-DME (Ident: LV) is located 58.6nmi north of the runway.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Petit Bambam Airport . Bing Maps . Microsoft . 14 February 2019.
  2. https://maps.here.com/?map=-0.48524,9.59242,15,satellite HERE - Petit Bam-Bam
  3. Web site: Petit Bambam Cirque . Bing Maps . Microsoft . 14 February 2019.
  4. Web site: --- - Gabon. www.naturatours.com. 20 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104857/http://www.naturatours.com/gabon. 4 March 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: Libreville VOR . Our Airports . 14 February 2019.
  6. Web site: Port Gentil VOR . Our Airports . 14 February 2019.