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Bangui M'Poko International Airport is the principal gateway to the Central African Republic, lying just northwest of the capital, Bangui. It offers simulator pilots a single long hard-runway with ILS guidance, set in equatorial Central Africa, and carries a history reflecting the turbulence of the nation it serves.
Bangui M'Poko International Airport (ICAO: FEFF, IATA: BGF) is the international airport serving Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. It is owned by the government of the Central African Republic and has been the country's principal air gateway since it opened in 1967. For the simulator pilot it offers a single long, hard-surfaced runway equipped with an ILS, set within a low, forested landscape typical of the Congo basin fringe, and a history entwined with the country's turbulent recent past.
The airport lies close to Bangui, the Central African Republic's capital, in the Ombella-M'Poko region of the country. It sits at an elevation of 1,194 feet.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 16/34, measuring 8,535 feet and surfaced in hard material. It is lit for night operations, and runway 34 is equipped with an ILS for instrument approaches.
Radio services are provided on A/G 655.9 MHz and RDO TWR 119.7 MHz. An ILS is available on runway 34 for instrument approach guidance.
Bangui M'Poko International Airport opened in 1967, and its facilities had reportedly seen little update since that time. Passenger traffic grew substantially through the 2000s, rising from around 32,000 in 2003 to nearly 100,000 by 2008, far outstripping the airport's designed capacity. A feasibility study funded by the French Development Agency examined possible expansion, with the African Development Bank agreeing to finance works subject to meeting ICAO standards. The airport's history took a darker turn in May 2014, when it became an unofficial refugee camp housing an estimated 60,000 people amid the country's civil conflict. By 2017 the airport was operating under the supervision of United Nations aviation officials.
Bangui M'Poko continues to function as the Central African Republic's main international airport, with scheduled services operated by carriers including ASKY Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Air Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopian Airlines, RwandAir and AfriJet, connecting Bangui to regional hubs such as Douala, Lomé, Addis Ababa, Casablanca, Kigali, Libreville and Yaounde.
