Yaoundé Airport

Yaoundé Airport (IATA: YAO, ICAO: FKKY) is an airport in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon and a city in the Centre Province. It is also known as Yaoundé Ville Airport.[1][2][3] It should not be confused with Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport

Yaoundé Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorCameroon Air Force
LocationYaoundé, Cameroon
Elevation AMSL2,464 ft / 751 m
Coordinates03°50′10.4″N 011°31′24.3″E
Map
FKKY
Location of Yaoundé Airport in Cameroon
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 1,987 6,519 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

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.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Airport information for FKKY - Yaoundé Ville". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for YAO / FKKY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. Accident history for YAO / FKKY - Yaoundé-Ville Airport at Aviation Safety Network
  4. 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.
  5. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-748-435 Srs. 2B TJ-CCF Yaoundé-Ville Airport (YAO)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2021-05-11.



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