Gbadolite Airport

Aéroport de Gbadolite
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationGbadolite, DR Congo
Elevation AMSL1,499 ft / 457 m
Coordinates4°15′10″N 20°58′30″E / 4.25278°N 20.97500°E / 4.25278; 20.97500
Map
BDT is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
BDT
BDT
Location in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

Gbadolite Airport (French: Aéroport de Gbadolite) (IATA: BDT, ICAO: FZFD) is an airport serving Gbadolite, the capital of the Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is at the village of Moanda, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of Gbadolite.

The Gbadolite non-directional beacon (Ident: BLT) is located 5.2 nautical miles (9.6 km) east-northeast of the airport. The Gbadolite VOR/DME (Ident: BLT) is located on the field.[4][5]

History

Zairian President Mobutu had the airport built specifically so he could fly the Air France Concorde on chartered flights to Paris and elsewhere.

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for Gbadolite Airport from World Aero Data[usurped]
  2. ^ Airport information for Gbadolite Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "Gbadolite Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Gbadolite VOR-DME (BLT) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  5. ^ "Gbadolite NDB (BLT) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.

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Main airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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