Douala International Airport

Douala International Airport
Aéroport international de MD-Douala
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorAéroports du Cameroun (ADC)
ServesDouala, Cameroon
Hub forCamair-Co
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates04°00′21″N 009°43′10″E / 4.00583°N 9.71944°E / 4.00583; 9.71944
Websiteccaa.aero
Map
DLA
Location of Airport in Cameroon
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,880 9,448 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers (2014)1,500,000
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Douala International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Douala) (IATA: DLA, ICAO: FKKD) is an international airport located in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. With its 4 terminals[3] and an average of 1.5 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of freight per year,[4] it is the country's busiest airport. The airport is managed and partly owned (34%) by the company Aeroport du Cameroon (ADC) which also manages all other 13 airports on Cameroonian soil.[5]

Runway

Douala Airport has a single runway, 12/30, with a length of 2,880 m (9,448 ft). Between 1 and 21 March 2016, the runway was closed for upgrade works; all airlines switched operations to Yaoundé Airport during that period.[6] This formed part of a renovation plan of 20 billion CFA (US$36,363,636 million), financed by the French Agency of Development, which targeted a two-stage renovation: first the airport's runway, and then its terminals and interior.[7]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Afrijet Bata, Libreville[8], Malabo
Air Algérie Algiers
ASKY Airlines Lomé[9]
Camair-Co Bafoussam, Bangui[10], Brazzaville[11], Cotonou[11], Libreville[10], Ngaoundéré[10], Pointe-Noire[11], Yaoundé[10]
Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina[12]
Cronos Airlines Malabo
Egyptair Cairo[13]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[14]
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[15]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca[16]
RwandAir Kigali[17]

Statistics

PassengersYear600,000700,000800,000900,0001,000,0001,100,00020112012201320142015201620172018PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Accidents and incidents

  • 4 March 1962: Caledonian Airways Flight 153 – all 111 people on board died
  • On 30 August 1984, Cameroon Airlines Flight 786, a Boeing 737-200 registered as (TJ-CBD), experienced an engine malfunction when taxiing. A fire from the damaged fuel tank engulfed the aircraft causing it to burn out. Two passengers were trapped by the flames and died. The remaining 107 passengers and seven crew members were able to evacuate the plane safely.[18]
  • 3 December 1995: Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 – 71 out of 76 people on board died
  • 5 May 2007: the Kenya Airways Flight 507 scheduled for Abidjan – Douala – Nairobi crashed in Mbanga Pongo near Douala international airport, two minutes after it took off from the airport. Although the weather was bad, the report from the Cameroonian civil aviation authority said the pilots were to blame for the crash.[19] There were 114 fatalities, including 37 Cameroonians, 15 Indians and one American.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for FKKD". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for DLA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ mbene (24 March 2020). "Aéroport International MD-Douala". Aéroports Du Cameroun SA (in French). Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ^ "MD-Douala International Airport remains open authorities affirm". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 22 April 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ Kerf, Michel; Smith, Warrick (1 January 1996). Privatizing Africa's Infrastructure: Promise and Challenge. World Bank Publications. ISBN 9780821337448.
  6. ^ "Airlines to use Yaoundé for duration of Douala closure". Ch-aviation. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Douala International Airport remains open authorities affirm". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 22 April 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "Lome, Togo LFW". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 609–609. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
  10. ^ a b c d "Struggling Camair-Co adds Boeing 737-800 in a $77m fleet renewal drive". Business in Cameroon.
  11. ^ a b c "After a decade on the ground, Camair-Co returns to Saudi route as it tests a broader comeback". Business in Cameroon.
  12. ^ "After a decade on the ground, Camair-Co returns to Saudi route as it tests a broader comeback". Business in Cameroon.
  13. ^ "Cairo, Egypt CAI". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 198–201. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
  14. ^ "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 17–19. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
  15. ^ "Nairobi, Kenya NBO". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 776–778. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
  16. ^ "Casablanca". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 194–195. November 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  17. ^ "New Flight to Douala from April 9, says RwandAir – Southern Africa". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  18. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2H7C TJ-CBD Douala Airport (DLA)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
  19. ^ "Kenya Airways Cameroon crash blamed on pilot actions: report". U.S. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  20. ^ "Pilot error blamed for 2007 Kenya Airways crash". CNN. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

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