| Gounou-Gaya Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gounou-Gaya | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 1,132 ft / 345 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°38′15.4″N015°30′18.6″E / 9.637611°N 15.505167°E Coordinates: 09°38′15.4″N015°30′18.6″E / 9.637611°N 15.505167°E | ||||||||||
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  Gounou-Gaya Location of Gounou-Gaya Airport in Chad | |||||||||||
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Gounou-Gaya Airport is a public use airport located near Gounou-Gaya, Mayo-Kebbi Est, Chad.
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, they also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation.
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in north-central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. It is the fifth largest country in Africa and the second-largest in Central Africa in terms of area.
