Akpaka Airport

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Akpaka Airport
Summary
Location Atakpamé, Togo
Elevation  AMSL 689 ft / 210 m
Coordinates 7°31′15″N1°11′30″E / 7.52083°N 1.19167°E / 7.52083; 1.19167 Coordinates: 7°31′15″N1°11′30″E / 7.52083°N 1.19167°E / 7.52083; 1.19167
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DXAK
Location of airport in Togo (Plateaux Region in red)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 900 2,953 Grass
Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Akpaka Airport( ICAO : DXAK) is an airport serving Atakpamé, [1] the capital city of the Plateaux Region in Togo.

ICAO airport code four-letter code designating many airports around the world

The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.

Airport location where aircraft take off and land

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 689 feet (210 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway 900 metres (2,953 ft) in length. [1]

Elevation Height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface . The term elevation is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit, and depth is used for points below the surface.

Runway Area of surface used by aircraft to takeoff from and land on

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Airport information for Atakpamé, Togo (DXAK) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ Google Maps - Akpaka
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