Léon-Mba International Airport

Léon-Mba International Airport (IATA: LBV, ICAO: FOOL, French: Aéroport international Léon-Mba) is an airport situated in Libreville, Gabon. It is the main international airport in the country and was constructed in the 1950s.[3]

Léon-Mba International Airport

Aéroport international Léon-Mba
Summary
Airport typePublic and military
OperatorHandling Partners Gabon
ServesLibreville
LocationLibreville, Gabon
Hub for
Elevation AMSL39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates00°27′31″N 009°24′44″E
Websitewww.libreville-aeroport.com
Map
LBV is located in Gabon
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Location of Airport in Gabon
LBV is located in Africa
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LBV (Africa)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,000 9,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers721,411
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
Air France Boeing 777 arrived from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France.
AirlinesDestinations
AfriJet Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala, Franceville, Pointe-Noire, Port Gentil, São Tomé, Yaoundé
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan, Brazzaville, Cotonou,[4] Pointe-Noire[5]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Senegal Cotonou, Dakar–Diass, Douala
ASKY Airlines Douala, Johannesburg–OR Tambo, Kinshasa–N'djili, Lomé, São Tomé,[6] Yaoundé[7]
Camair-co Douala
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Malabo
Mauritania Airlines Bamako
Nationale Regionale Transport Franceville, Koulamoutou, Makokou, Mouila, Oyem, Port-Gentil, Tchibanga
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
RwandAir Brazzaville, Cotonou,[8] Douala,[8] Kigali, Yaoundé[9]
Trans Air Congo Douala, Pointe-Noire
Turkish Airlines Istanbul, Luanda, Pointe-Noire

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux Luxembourg
DHL Aviation Abidjan, Franceville, Port-Gentil
Ethiopian CargoAbidjan, Addis Ababa
Royal Air Maroc Cargo Addis Ababa, Casablanca

Accidents and incidents
  • Just after takeoff from the airport on June 8, 2004, Gabon Express Flight 221 dove into the Gulf of Guinea after suffering a hydraulic failure after departure, leading to the deaths of 19 out of the 30 onboard.
  • On 6 June 2011, Antonov An-26 TR-LII of Solenta Aviation, operating Flight 122A for DHL Aviation ditched in the sea near Libreville International Airport.[10][11] Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured.[10] The crew reported hydraulic problems and eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft's propellers were not turning at the time of the ditching.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Airport information for FOOL". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for LBV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. "Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport. Tender". www.adp-i.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. "Air Côte d'Ivoire adds new sectors from April 2017". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. "► COTE D'IVOIRE: Air Côte d'Ivoire announces Pointe Noire, Ouagadougou, Yaounde; various timetable changes". www.theafricanaviationtribune.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  6. "Asky Airlines Adds Sao Tome et Principe Service From Oct 2022". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  7. June 2016 Timetable, http://www.flyasky.com/asky/horaires/lbv
  8. "Rwandair network adjustment from Sep 2016". Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  9. "Rwandair Cameroon Service Changes from March 2016". Routesonline. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  10. "DHL cargo plane crashes in Gabon, no fatalities". BNO News. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  11. Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Solenta AN26 near Libreville on Jun 6th 2011, ditched in the sea". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
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