President Obiang Nguema International Airport , is an airport located southwest of the town of

Mengomeyén Mengomeyén is a town located in the province of Wele-Nzas, on Río Muni, mainland Equatorial Guinea. The town is located near what is planned to be the country's future capital, Ciudad de la Paz, and is also site of President Obiang Nguema Int ...

, (also spelled Mongomeyen) in the mainland province of

Wele-Nzas Wele-Nzas Province is a province in the eastern portion of continental Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Mongomo. It borders the Equatoguinean provinces of Centro Sur to the west and Kié-Ntem to the north, with Gabon's Woleu-Ntem Province to th ...

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

. The airport is named after

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (; born 5 June 1942) is an Equatoguinean politician and former military officer who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since August 1979. He is the longest-serving president of any country eve ...

, who has been president of Equatorial Guinea since 1979. The airport is the latest airport to be built in Equatorial Guinea and is the fifth international airport serving Equatorial Guinea, and is designed to connect the nation's geographically isolated areas such as

Annobón Annobón ( es, Provincia de Annobón; pt, Ano-Bom), and formerly as ''Anno Bom'' and ''Annabona'', is a province (smallest province in both area and population) of Equatorial Guinea consisting of the island of Annobón, formerly also Pigalu a ...

and

Corisco Corisco, Mandj, or Mandyi, is a small island of Equatorial Guinea, located southwest of the Río Muni estuary that defines the border with Gabon. Corisco, whose name derives from the Portuguese word for lightning, has an area of , and its highe ...

to the main population centers.

Construction

The new airport took 72 months to complete and was fully funded by the Government of Equatorial Guinea, costing over 190 billion CFA francs. It is one of many recent government initiatives intended to promote economic and infrastructure development throughout the region.

Inauguration

The airport was inaugurated on Equatorial Guinea's Independence Day, 12 October 2012. The inauguration was presided over by President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and his wife

Constancia Mangue Constancia Mangue Nsue Okomo (born 20 August 1952), also known as Constancia Mangue de Obiang, is the First Lady of Equatorial Guinea. She is the wife of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and mother of First Vice President Teodoro Nguema Ob ...

, with the attendance of the President of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe,

Manuel Pinto da Costa Manuel Pinto da Costa (born 5 August 1937) is a Santomean economist and politician who served as the first president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991. He again served as president from 2011 to 2016. Life and career Educated in Eas ...

, guest of honour of the celebrations of independence. During the inauguration the Minister of Civil Aviation Fausto Abeso Fuma claimed the new airport is the best equipped, not only of Equatorial Guinea, but of Central Africa.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of with its longest runway long, which does not include a

displaced threshold A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway. The portion of the runway behind a displaced threshold may be used for takeoff in either direction and landings from the ...

on Runway 36.http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airports/MGY The runway can handle aircraft in the Boeing 747-400 class. The airport has three turning loops, a parking esplanade of over , an access road, drinking water supply, fire safety, new-generation navigation equipment, etc. The Mongomeyen

VOR-DME In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the slan ...

(Ident: MGY) is located just north of the field.

References

External links

OpenStreetMap - Mengomeyen
{{authority control Airports in Equatorial Guinea Wele-Nzas

Construction

Inauguration

Facilities

See also

References

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