Bouaké Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Location | Bouaké | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,230 ft / 375 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 7°44′20″N 5°4′25″W / 7.73889°N 5.07361°WCoordinates: 7°44′20″N 5°4′25″W / 7.73889°N 5.07361°W | ||||||||||
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Bouaké Airport (IATA: BYK, ICAO: DIBK) is an airport located in Bouaké, the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, in West Africa.
On June 29, 2007, Guillaume Soro, the prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire, was targeted by rocket and Kalashnikov fire upon his landing at the Bouaké Airport. Four people were killed and ten others wounded.