Port-Gentil International Airport is an airport serving the city of
Port-Gentil
Port-Gentil () or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and it is a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta with no bridges to the mainland. Nea ...
, in
Ogooué-Maritime Province
Ogooué-Maritime is the westernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 22,890 km. The provincial capital is Port-Gentil. It has a 2013 census population of 157,562.
The shores of Ogooué-Maritime are of the Gulf of Guinea to ...
,
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 Port-Gentil
VOR
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Organizations
* Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales
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* Volvo Ocean Race, a yacht race
Science, technology and medicine
* VHF omnidirectional range, a radio navigation aid used in a ...
(Ident: PG) and Port-Gentil
non-directional beacon
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(Ident: PG) are located on the field.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Accidents and incidents
* On October 12, 2011, a
Nationale Regionale Transport
La Nationale (formerly Nationale Regionale Transport) is a domestic airline based in Libreville, Gabon. Its main base is Libreville International Airport. It was rebranded in 2009 from National Airways Gabon to ''La Nationale''.
Destinations
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EMB-120
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, registration ZS-PYO (MSN: 120245), performing a charter flight from
Libreville
Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904.
The area has been inh ...
to Port-Gentil (Gabon), overran the end of runway 21, and came to a stop with the nose gear intact but with both main gear struts bent backwards, causing the engines to "pitch down" together with the wings. A few passengers sustained minor injuries, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off.
See also
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List of airports in Gabon
This is a list of airports in Gabon, sorted by location.
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See also
* Transport in Gabon
* List of airports by ICAO code: F#FO – Gabon
* Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#Gabon
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Transport in Gabon
Modes of transport in Gabon include rail, road, water, and air. The one rail link, the Trans-Gabon Railway, connects the port of Owendo with the inland town of Franceville. Most but not all of the country is connected to the road network, much of ...
References
External links
Port-Gentil AirportOpenStreetMaps - Port-Gentil
Airports in Gabon
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