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Bobo Dioulasso Airport (DFOO/BOY) is an international airport serving Burkina Faso's second city, located in the High-Basins Region. It offers a single long instrument runway with a Category I ILS, making it a straightforward destination for VFR or IFR flights across West Africa.
Bobo Dioulasso Airport is the international gateway for Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's second-largest city, situated in the High-Basins Region. It is government-operated and handles scheduled commercial flights, including services operated by Air Burkina to Ouagadougou and onward to the Ivory Coast. For a simulator pilot, the airport is notable for its single very long runway equipped with an ILS approach, along with VOR/DME, NDB and GNSS approach options, giving a variety of instrument procedures to fly in an otherwise unassuming regional field.
Bobo Dioulasso Airport lies at Bobo Dioulasso in the High-Basins Region of Burkina Faso, within the airspace structure managed under the ASECNA framework that covers much of Francophone West Africa. No further detail on specific airspace classification, surrounding controlled zones or neighbouring aerodromes is available from the sources consulted.
The airport has a single physical runway, 06/24, orientated northeast-southwest. It measures 10,797 feet in length with a hard surface, and is lit for night operations. Runway 06 is equipped with an ILS, giving instrument approach capability to that end of the runway.
The airport uses the A/G frequency 667.3 MHz for voice communications, and a tower frequency of 119.7 MHz is also listed for radio operations. Navigation aids serving the field include a VOR/DME and NDBs, and Runway 06 has a Category I ILS. Additional GNSS, VOR and ADF approaches are available to each runway end.
No specific joining or circuit procedures, circuit heights, or noise abatement restrictions are detailed in the sources consulted.
No published visual reference points or specific local landmarks for visual navigation to the airport are detailed in the sources consulted.
Bobo Dioulasso Airport has long served as the aviation gateway to Burkina Faso's second city. Its aeronautical data has historically been published through the ASECNA Aeronautical Information Publication and referenced in DAFIF records, reflecting its role within the broader ASECNA-administered airspace network of Francophone West Africa.
The airport continues to operate as an international airport, with Air Burkina providing scheduled commercial service to Ouagadougou and to destinations in the Ivory Coast. Passenger throughput was recorded at 18,220 in 2020. No information on flying clubs, training activity, fuel availability, operating hours, or simulator scenery is available from the sources consulted.
