Bata Airport

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Bata Airport

Aeropuerto de Bata
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeropuertos De Guinea Ecuatorial (ADGE)
Location Bata, Equatorial Guinea
Elevation  AMSL 13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates 1°54′20″N9°48′20″E / 1.90556°N 9.80556°E / 1.90556; 9.80556
Map
Equatorial Guinea adm location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
BSG
Location of airport in Equatorial Guinea
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
03/213,31010,860 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers253,678
Flights6,087
Sources: GCM, [1] INEGE [2]

Bata Airport( IATA : BSG, ICAO : FGBT) is an airport serving Bata in Litoral, Equatorial Guinea. It is the second largest airport in Equatorial Guinea after Malabo International Airport.

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Overview

CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42s at Bata Airport CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42-500 SDV-1.jpg
CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42s at Bata Airport

The airport is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Bata and 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) south of Utonde. It has a 3310-metre runway [3] that operates only during the daytime and in good light. The state carrier and four other private companies make up the majority of Bata's industry, transporting passengers from Bioko's Malabo International Airport or the airports at Annobón or Mongomo. The airport is large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737. Despite that, with the long runway, large twinjets such as the Airbus A350 and the Boeing 787 can take-off and land here, as seen in 2020 when Vietnam Airlines used an A350-900 to bring stranded Vietnamese citizens home. [4] Bata served 15,000 passengers in 2001.

In July 2002, all staff at the airport were arrested for allowing the leader of the Popular Union, an opposition party, to board a flight to Gabon.[ citation needed ]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Port Harcourt
CEIBA Intercontinental Malabo, Mengomeyén
Cronos Airlines Cotonou, Malabo
Guinea Ecuatorial Airlines Malabo

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References

  1. Airport information for BSG at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Guinea Ecuatorial. "Anuario Estadístico de Guinea Ecuatorial 2021" [Statistical Yearbook of Equatorial Guinea 2021](PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. "Bata Airport - FGBT - BSG - Airport Guide".
  4. "Vietnam Airlines' flight carries stranded citizens in Equatorial Guinea home".