Gbadolite Airport
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Gbadolite Airport (French: Aéroport de Gbadolite) (IATA: BDT, ICAO: FZFD) is an airport serving Gbadolite, the capital of the Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is at the village of Moanda, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of Gbadolite.
The Gbadolite non-directional beacon (Ident: BLT) is located 5.2 nautical miles (9.6 km) east-northeast of the airport. The Gbadolite VOR/DME (Ident: BLT) is located on the field.[4][5]
History
Zairian President Mobutu had the airport built specifically so he could fly the Air France Concorde on chartered flights to Paris and elsewhere.
See also
- Democratic Republic of the Congo portal
- Aviation portal
- Transport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- List of airports in Democratic Republic of the Congo
References
- ^ Airport information for Gbadolite Airport from World Aero Data[usurped]
- ^ Airport information for Gbadolite Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Gbadolite Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Gbadolite VOR-DME (BLT) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- ^ "Gbadolite NDB (BLT) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
External links
- Gbadolite Airport at OpenStreetMap
- Accident history for Gbadolite Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for Gbadolite Airport at SkyVector
- Gbadolite on the BBC
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