Gbadolite Airport (french: Aéroport de Gbadolite) is an airport serving
Gbadolite
Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite (pronounced ) is the capital of Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is located south of the Ubangi River at the border to the Central African Republic and northeast of the national capi ...
, the capital of the
Nord-Ubangi Province in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. The airport is at the village of Moanda, southwest of Gbadolite.
The Gbadolite
non-directional beacon
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(Ident: BLT) is located east-northeast of the airport. The Gbadolite
VOR/DME (Ident: BLT) is located on the field.
History
Zairian President
Mobutu
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...
had the airport built specifically so he could fly the
Air France
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Concorde
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on chartered flights to Paris and elsewhere.
See also
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Transport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ground transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has always been difficult. The terrain and climate of the Congo Basin present serious barriers to road and rail construction, and the distances are enormous across this vast country ...
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List of airports in Democratic Republic of the Congo
This is a list of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sorted by location.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
See also
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References
External links
Gbadolite Airportat
OpenStreetMap
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Gbadolite on the BBC
Airports in the Nord-Ubangi Province
Gbadolite
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