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]