Koula Moutou Airport
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Koulamoutou Airport or Koula Moutou Airport (French: ''Aéroport de Koulamotou'') is an
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serving
Koulamoutou Koulamoutou is the capital of Ogooué-Lolo Province in east-central Gabon, with a population of around 16,000 people. It lies at the confluence of the Lolo River and the River Bouenguidi and on the N6 road. The town has an airport and had bee ...
, the
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of the
Ogooué-Lolo Province The Ogooué-Lolo Province is one of the nine provinces of Gabon, slightly southeast of central Gabon. The regional capital is Koulamoutou, a city of approximately 16,000 people. It is the ninth largest city in Gabon and the home of slightly more ...
in central
Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...
. The Koulamoutou
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(Ident:KL) is located just north of the runway.


Facilities

The airport resides at an
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of above
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. It has one
runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
designated 15/33 with an
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surface measuring .


Airlines and destinations


See also

* * List of airports in Gabon * Transport in Gabon


References


External links


OpenStreetMap - Koulamoutou
Airports in Gabon Ogooué-Lolo Province {{Gabon-airport-stub