Banjul International Airport

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Banjul International Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Banjul
Location Banjul, Gambia
Elevation  AMSL 29 m / 95 ft
Coordinates 13°20′16.66″N16°39′07.94″W / 13.3379611°N 16.6522056°W / 13.3379611; -16.6522056
Map
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BJL
Location of airport in Gambia
Banjul International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
14/323,60011,811 Asphalt

Banjul International Airport, also known as Yundum International( IATA : BJL, ICAO : GBYD), is the international airport of Banjul, capital of Gambia, built during World War II. [1] It is the country's only commercial airport.

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History

The only airport in Gambia is at Yundum. After World War II, Yundum airport was used for passenger flights. Both British South American Airways and the British Overseas Airways Corporation had services, the former moving its service to Dakar, which had a concrete runway (as opposed to pierced steel planking). [2] The airport was rebuilt in 1963 and the building is still in use today.

Zambia Airways launched service from Lusaka to New York via Banjul in December 1990. [3] The airline flew the route with a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Financial difficulties forced the carrier to suspend it three months later. [4] [5] [6] In February 2001, Ghana Airways commenced a flight from Banjul to Baltimore, which originated in Accra. Cooperation among Ghana Airways, Gambia International Airlines, and the Ghanaian and Gambian governments had given rise to the service. [7] In June 2006, North American Airlines inaugurated a link to Baltimore using Boeing 767s; the route lasted seven months. [8] [9] [10]

Overview

The head office of the Gambia Civil Aviation Authority is located on the airport property. [11]

In the event of an emergency on any of the NASA Space Shuttles, Banjul International Airport had been selected as an augmented landing site. Gambia was the perfect location when the shuttle was launched with a low, 28-degree inclination. [12] [13] In 2001 NASA announced that Banjul airport would no longer be used as an augmented landing site because future shuttle launches would take place at inclinations of up at 51.6 degrees to reach the International Space Station, making air bases in Spain and France more suitable for an emergency landing. [14]

The airport was the main hub of Gambia Bird until the airline ceased operations in late 2014.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Senegal Dakar–Diass [15]
ASKY Airlines Accra, Freetown, Lomé, Monrovia–Roberts
Brussels Airlines Brussels, Dakar–Diass
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam [ citation needed ]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca [16]
Smartwings Slovakia Seasonal charter: Bratislava [17]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, [18] Helsinki, [19] Stockholm–Arlanda, [20] Oslo [21]
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal: Lisbon [22]
Transair Dakar–Diass, Freetown [23]
TUI Airways [24] Seasonal: London–Gatwick, [25] Manchester [25]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels [26]
TUI fly Netherlands Amsterdam
Turkish Airlines Istanbul, Nouakchott

Accidents and incidents

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