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Bangui M'Poko International Airport

Bangui M'Poko International Airport
Aéroport international Bangui-M'Poko
Bangui airport 2.jpg
Airport terminal
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government
Location Bangui, CAR
Elevation AMSL 1,208 ft / 368 m
Coordinates 04°23′54.51″N 018°31′07.63″E / 4.3984750°N 18.5187861°E / 4.3984750; 18.5187861Coordinates: 04°23′54.51″N 018°31′07.63″E / 4.3984750°N 18.5187861°E / 4.3984750; 18.5187861
Map
BGF is located in Central African Republic
BGF
BGF
Airport in Central African Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 8,530 2,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 11,600
for passengers figures
Passengers 11,600

Bangui M'Poko International Airport (French: Aéroport international Bangui-M'Poko) (IATA: BGFICAO: FEFF) is an international airport located 7 km (4 miles) northwest of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

In 2004, the airport served 53,862 passengers.

In 2012, the airport had an average attendance of about 120,000 passengers, despite a maximum capacity of 10,000 passengers.

The airport is currently an unofficial refugee camp for some 60,000 refugees as of May 2014. As at 2017 the airport is functioning under the supervision of the UN aviation officials.

18 soldiers from France, Chad and Equatorial Guinea were accused of receiving oral sex and sodomizing children at the airport during 2014. Tens of thousands of refugees live at the airport due to the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic.

Bangui Airport Passenger


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