Yundum is a small town in

Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

, south of the capital,

Banjul Banjul (,"Banjul"
(US) and ), officially the City of Ba ...

. It is situated adjacent to the country's international airport. Lockheed Hudson - Royal Air Force in West Africa, April 1943 TR905

The only airport in

is at Yundum, built in

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. Post war it was used for passenger flights. Both British South American Airways and the

British Overseas Airways Corporation British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II. After the passi ...

had services, the former moving its service to

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

, which had a concrete runway (as opposed to pierced steel planking). The airport was rebuilt in 1963 and the building is still in use today.

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Populated places in the Gambia {{Gambia-geo-stub