Libreville International Airport

Libreville International Airport
IATA: LBV – ICAO: FOOL
Summary
Airport type	Public and military
Operator	Handling Partners Gabon
Serves	Libreville
Location	Libreville, Gabon
Hub for	Nationale Regionale Transport Sky Gabon
Elevation AMSL	39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	00°27′31″N 009°24′44″E / 0.45861°N 9.41222°ECoordinates: 00°27′31″N 009°24′44″E / 0.45861°N 9.41222°E
Website	http://www.adlgabon.com/
Map
LBV Location of Airport in Gabon
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 3,000 9,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers 721,411
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (IATA: LBV, ICAO: FOOL) is an airport situated in Libreville, Gabon. It is the main international airport in the country and was constructed in the 1950s.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Air France Boeing 777 arrived from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France.

Airlines	Destinations
Afric Aviation	Port-Gentil
Africa's Connection STP[4]	São Tomé[5]
Afrijet	Franceville, Port-Gentil, São Tomé[6]
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan, Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire[7]
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Arik Air	Lagos,[8] Port Harcourt[9]
ASKY Airlines	Douala, Kinshasa-N'djili, Lomé, Yaoundé[10]
Camair-co	Douala
CEIBA Intercontinental	Bata, Douala, Malabo, Pointe-Noire, São Tomé
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Malabo
Nationale Regionale Transport	Franceville, Koulamoutou, Makokou, Mouila, Oyem, Port-Gentil, Tchibanga
RwandAir	Brazzaville, Cotonou,[11] Douala,[12] Kigali, Yaoundé[13]
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Luanda
South African Airways	Douala, Johannesburg-OR Tambo
Trans Air Congo	Douala, Pointe-Noire
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Ataturk,[14] Kinshasa

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Cargolux	Luxembourg
DHL Aviation	Abidjan, Franceville, Port-Gentil,
Royal Air Maroc Cargo	Addis Abeba, Casablanca
Sky Gabon	Douala, Malabo, Pointe-Noire, Port-Gentil

Accidents and incidents

• 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.^[15][16] Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured.^[15] The crew reported hydraulic problems and eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft's propellers were not turning at the time of the ditching.^[16]

See also

• List of airports in Gabon
• Transport in Gabon

References

1. Airport information for FOOL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
2. Airport information for LBV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
3. http://www.adp-i.com/en/libreville-leon-mba-international-airport-tender
4. Africa's Connection STP official website
5. Route map 2014
6. Schedule 2016
7. Air Côte d’Ivoire start ABJ-LBV-PNR service from February 2013
8. http://airlineroute.net/2016/01/14/w3-feb16/
9. http://airlineroute.net/2016/01/14/w3-feb16/
10. June 2016 Timetable, http://www.flyasky.com/asky/horaires/lbv
11. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268379/rwandair-network-adjustment-from-sep-2016/
12. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268379/rwandair-network-adjustment-from-sep-2016/
13. http://airlineroute.net/2016/02/16/wb-dlansi-mar16/
14. "Our New Flights: Libreville" (Press release). Turkish Airlines. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
15. "DHL cargo plane crashes in Gabon, no fatalities". BNO News. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
16. Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Solenta AN26 near Libreville on Jun 6th 2011, ditched in the sea". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

External links

• Libreville International Airport official website
• Current weather for FOOL at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for LBV at Aviation Safety Network