Moanda Airport

Moanda Airport (or Moanda-Bangombé Airport[4]) (IATA: MFF, ICAO: FOOD) is an airport serving Moanda, a town in the Haut-Ogooué Province in Gabon. The runway lies to the northeast of the town.

For the airport in Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, see Muanda Airport.
Moanda Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationMoanda, Gabon
Elevation AMSL1,893 ft / 577 m
Coordinates1°31′37.2″S 13°15′3.6″E
Map
MFF
Location within Gabon
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,900 6,234 Asphalt concrete
Source: GCM[1] Google Maps[2] SkyVector[3]

The airport was relocated in December 2010, after two and a half years of construction work, due to the discovery of manganese deposits underneath the old runway. The new runway is 100 metres (330 ft) longer (from 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) to 1,900 metres (6,200 ft)) and 30 metres (98 ft) wide. The construction cost of 6 billion CFA francs was entirely financed by the Compagnie minière de l'Ogooué (a local mining company).[4]

See also

References
  1. Airport information for Moanda, Gabon (FOOD / MFF) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Moanda
  3. FOOD - Moanda Bangombe Airport | SkyVector
  4. Aouane, Ingrid (2011-03-20), "ANAC-COMILOG : Une collaboration efficace au profit de la sécurité et de la sûreté", MAGANAC, no. 1, pp. 4–7


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