Parakou Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesParakou
Location Benin
Elevation AMSL1,289 ft / 393 m
Coordinates9°21′25.6″N 2°36′33.2″E / 9.357111°N 2.609222°E / 9.357111; 2.609222 (Parakou Airport (Parakou))
Map
DBBP is located in Benin
DBBP
DBBP
Location of Parakou Airport in Benin
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 5,250 1,600 DIRT
Source: Landings.com[1][2]

Parakou Airport (IATA: PKO, ICAO: DBBP) is a public use airport located 1 km northwest of Parakou, Borgou, Benin. It is to be replaced by the Tourou International Airport, a new airport in Tankaro, about 10 km northwest of Parakou, which will feature an asphalt runway 3,500 meters in length. The new airport entered service on 18 March 2016.[3][4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Benin Airlines[5] Cotonou

References

  1. ↑ Airport record for Parakou Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09
  2. ↑ Google (2013-08-09). "location of Parakou Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Bénin : l'Aéroport international de Tourou, l'autre éléphant blanc du régime Yayi ?". May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bénin : Mise en service de l'aéroport international de Tourou".
  5. ↑ "Bénin Airline". benin-airline.com.


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