Bata Airport is an airport serving Bata in Litoral,

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. It is the second largest airport in Equatorial Guinea after

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The airport is north of Bata and south of Utonde. It has a 3310-metre runway that operates only during the daytime and in good light. The state carrier and four other private companies make up the majority of Bata's industry, transporting passengers from Bioko's

or the airports at

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. The airport is large enough to accommodate a

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. Despite that, with the long runway, large twinjets such as the

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and the

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can take-off and land here, as seen when

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uses an A350-900 to bring stranded Vietnamese citizen home. Bata served 15,000 passengers in 2001. In July 2002, all staff at the airport were arrested for allowing the leader of the Popular Union, an opposition party, to board a flight to

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Buildings and structures in Bata, Equatorial Guinea Litoral (Equatorial Guinea) Airports in Equatorial Guinea {{EquatorialGuinea-airport-stub

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