| Gamboula Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gamboula, Central African Republic | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,001 ft / 610 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°8′17″N15°9′15″E / 4.13806°N 15.15417°E Coordinates: 4°8′17″N15°9′15″E / 4.13806°N 15.15417°E | ||||||||||
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  FEGG Location of Gamboula Airport in the Central African Republic | |||||||||||
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Gamboula Airport( ICAO : FEGG) is an airstrip serving Gamboula, a town in the Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture of the Central African Republic. The airstrip is 3 kilometres (2 mi) northeast of the town, alongside the RN6 road.
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.
Gamboula is a town located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Mambéré-Kadéï.
Mambéré-Kadéï is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. The prefecture covers 30,203 km² and has a population of 289,688, giving a population density of less than 10 inhabitants/km². Its capital is Berbérati.
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The Berberati VOR (Ident: BT) is located 38.4 nautical miles (71.1 km) east of the airstrip. [4]
Very High Frequency (VHF) Omni-Directional Range (VOR) is a type of short-range radio navigation system for aircraft, enabling aircraft with a receiving unit to determine its position and stay on course by receiving radio signals transmitted by a network of fixed ground radio beacons. It uses frequencies in the very high frequency (VHF) band from 108.00 to 117.95 MHz. Developed in the United States beginning in 1937 and deployed by 1946, VOR is the standard air navigational system in the world, used by both commercial and general aviation. By 2000 there were about 3,000 VOR stations around the world including 1,033 in the US, reduced to 967 by 2013 with more stations being decommissioned with the widespread adoption of GPS.
