Bata Airport is an airport serving Bata in

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, Equatorial Guinea. It is the second largest airport in Equatorial Guinea after

Malabo International Airport Malabo Airport or Saint Isabel Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de Malabo), is an airport located at ''Punta Europa'', Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. The airport is named after the capital, Malabo, approximately to the east. Airlines and ...

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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 Annobón or Mongomo. 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 Vietnam Airlines 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

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 nort ...

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