Bubaque Airport

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Bubaque Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau
Elevation  AMSL 80 ft / 24 m
Coordinates 11°18′00″N15°50′20″W / 11.30000°N 15.83889°W / 11.30000; -15.83889
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BQE
Location of airport in Guinea-Bissau
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Direction LengthSurface
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17/351,2103,970Grass
Source: Google Maps [1] GCM [2]

Bubaque Airport( IATA : BQE, ICAO : GGBU) is an airport serving the island town of Bubaque, in Guinea-Bissau. It is the Bijagos Archipelago's only airfield.

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The airport is on the north end of the island. North approach and departure will be over the water. The 1.2-kilometre (3,900 ft) runway is unpaved.

The Bissau VOR-DME (Ident: BIS) is located on the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport at Bissau, 75 kilometres (40 nmi) north-northeast of Bubaque. [3]

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References

  1. Google Maps
  2. Airport information for Bubaque Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Bissou VOR". SkyVector. Retrieved 23 November 2018.