The Banjul internationally air haven also Yundum international is of the Gambia only international airport in the westAfrican state. It is appropriate about 24 kilometers south for the capital Banjul far away in the Western division district Kombo North and covers an entire surface of 1.327 hectares. Enterprises becomes it of the national society the Gambia civil aviation Authority (GCAA).

In the proximity of the airport also the Abuko Nature reserve in that lies the singular Flora and fauna of the Gambia had retained itself. Also in one, to the airport belonging 1,800 hectares large area, which can be used for possible extensions, became a retreat area for many birds.

History

With Jeshwang, in the Kombo St. Mary AREA, was furnished in the year 1934 a landing field, which was operated by German Lufthansa. This airfield served as intermediate landing strip for the transatlantic route after Rio de Janeiro. During the Second World War by the United States Army air Corps (today's Airforce) was used this base in place of Dakar.

With British assistance in the year 1977 the new airport was opened, which was built in the proximity of the city Yundum. By Saudi Arabia, the African development bank, combined Arab emirates and Great Britain gave it a further stage of development, which had cost about 20 million US Dollar. The airfield was selected 1987 of NASA as transatlantic forced landing place for space shuttle and adapted in the following years for this task in a third stage of development. Again measures the runway, the third-longest in Africa, 3,600 M.

The airport terminal was removed in a fourth stage of development in the year 1996 for approximately ten million US Dollar to at that time most modern airport of west Africa. The complex has now an effective area of 9.000 m and is appropriate for a capacity of one million passengers per year.

Airlines and goals

Airlines

The following airlines fly and/or approached, dependent on the half-yearly flight plan, Banjul:

Air targets

The following air targets are reached by Banjul:

• Accra (Ghana), Dakar (Senegal), Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Paris (France)

other

There are small landing runways in the interior, for example with Tendaba and bass Santa CSU.

Related links

• http://www.gambia.gm/gcaa/ official side with that the Gambia civil aviation Authority
• http://www.gia.gm/ the Gambia internationally airlines

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