Yaoundé Airport
Yaoundé Airport (IATA: YAO, ICAO: FKKY) is an airport in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon and a city in the Centre Province. It is also known as Yaoundé Ville Airport.[1][2][3] It should not be confused with Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Cameroon Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,464 ft / 751 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 03°50′10.4″N 011°31′24.3″E | ||||||||||
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  FKKY Location of Yaoundé Airport in Cameroon | |||||||||||
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Accidents and incidents
The following accidents and incidents occurred either at the airport, or involved aircraft from the airport.
- On 30 August 1984, Cameroon Airlines Flight 786, a Boeing 737-200 registered as (TJ-CBD), experienced an engine malfunction when taxiing at Douala International Airport prior to departure for Yaounde. A fire from the damaged fuel tank engulfed the aircraft causing it to burn out. Two passengers were trapped by the flames and died. The remaining 107 passengers and seven crew members were able to evacuate the plane safely.[4]
- On 28 June 1989, a Cameroon Airlines Hawker Siddeley HS 748 plane from Bafoussam registered as (TJ-CCF) overshot the runway by 43 m upon landing in stormy weather at Yaounde International Airport following a scheduled flight from Douala and collided with an embankment, killing the two pilots and one of the 45 passengers on board.[5][6]
References
- "Airport information for FKKY - Yaoundé Ville". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - Airport information for YAO / FKKY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Accident history for YAO / FKKY - Yaoundé-Ville Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2H7C TJ-CBD Douala Airport (DLA)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
- Ranter, Harro (31 October 1981). "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-748-435 Srs. 2B TJ-CCF Yaoundé-Ville Airport (YAO)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
- Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-748-435 Srs. 2B TJ-CCF Yaoundé-Ville Airport (YAO)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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