Conakry International Airport

Conakry International Airport
IATA: CKY – ICAO: GUCY CKY Location of Airport in Guinea
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Conakry
Elevation AMSL		72 ft / 22 m
Coordinates		09°34′36.80″N 13°36′43.06″W / 9.576889°N 13.6119611°W / 9.576889; -13.6119611
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	10,826	3,300	Asphalt

Conakry International Airport (IATA: CKY, ICAO: GUCY), also known as Gbessia International Airport, is an airport located in Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. It is divided into domestic and international terminals. The airport services a number of West African airlines such as in Air Ivoire, Benin Golf Air and Slok Airlines, and a number of North African and European airlines: Brussels Airlines, Air France and Royal Air Maroc.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1970s Soviet Naval Aviation was granted facilities at the airport to serve as a staging base for Atlantic maritime reconnaissance patrols by Tu-142 aircraft.

It was reported in 1975 that most of the Guinean air force's aircraft were based at Conakry-Gbessia airport.^[1]

All foreigners are required to have a valid Guinean visa and a vaccination card in order to be granted entry.

The airport parking lot is also a popular destination for students preparing for exams, as it is one of the few places in the country which is freely accessible to the public and always illuminated by electric lamps.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air France	Monrovia, Nouakchott, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Ivoire	Abidjan, Libreville
Air Mali	Bamako
Benin Golf Air	Abidjan, Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Eagle Air	Freetown, Monrovia, Bamako, Banjul, Dakar
Ethiopian Airlines operated by ASKY Airlines	Bamako, Lomé
Fly 6ix	Banjul, Freetown, Monrovia-Spriggs Payne
Royal Air Maroc	Banjul, Bissau [begins 13 December], Casablanca
Sénégal Airlines	Dakar

Incidents

• On July 1, 1983 a CAAK (predecessor to Air Koryo) Ilyushin 62M on a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Pyongyang, North Korea (Sunan International Airport) to Conakry, Guinea (Conakry International Airport) crashed at the Fouta Djall Mountains in Guinea. All 23 persons on board were killed, and the aircraft was written off.

References

1. ^ Harold D. Nelson, Area Handbook for Guinea, Department of the Army Pamphlet 550-174, 1975, p.333
2. ^ Callimachi, Rukmini (2007-07-20). "Students scrounge for light at Guinea airport". Seattle Times Newspaper. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003797584_guinea20.html. Retrieved 2007-07-20. 

External links

• Airport information for GUCY at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• A-Z World Airports