Gbadolite_Airport

Gbadolite Airport

Gbadolite Airport

Airport in Gbadolite, DR Congo

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.

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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

References

  1. [1]
    Airport information for Gbadolite Airport from World Aero Data[usurped]
  2. [2]
    Airport information for Gbadolite Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. [3]
    "Gbadolite Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Gbadolite VOR-DME (BLT) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  5. [5]
    "Gbadolite NDB (BLT) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.


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