Yaoundé Airport Explained
| Yaoundé Airport |
| Nativename: | French: Aéroport de Yaoundé-Ville |
| Iata: | YAO |
| Icao: | FKKY |
| Type: | Public / Military |
| Operator: | Cameroon Air Force |
| Location: | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Elevation-F: | 2,464 |
| Elevation-M: | 751 |
| Coordinates: | 3.8362°N 11.5234°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Cameroon |
| Pushpin Label: | FKKY |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Yaoundé Airport in Cameroon |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 03/21 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,987 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,519 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source: DAFIF[1] |
Yaoundé Airport (French: Aéroport de Yaoundé-Ville,) is an airport in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon and a city in the Centre Province. It is also known as Yaoundé Ville Airport. It should not be confused with Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport
Accidents and incidents
The following accidents and incidents occurred either at the airport, or involved aircraft from the airport.
- On 28 June 1989, a Cameroon Airlines Hawker Siddeley HS 748 plane from Bafoussam registered as (TJ-CCF) overshot the runway by 43 m upon landing in stormy weather at Yaounde International Airport following a scheduled flight from Douala and collided with an embankment, killing the two pilots and one of the 45 passengers on board.[2] [3]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: usurped. Airport information for FKKY - Yaoundé Ville. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=FKKY. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- Web site: Ranter. Harro. 31 October 1981. ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-748-435 Srs. 2B TJ-CCF Yaoundé-Ville Airport (YAO). aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
- Web site: Ranter. Harro. ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-748-435 Srs. 2B TJ-CCF Yaoundé-Ville Airport (YAO). 2021-05-11. aviation-safety.net.
