Zakouma Airport

Zakouma Airport
Zakouma Airport
	IATA: AKM; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Zakouma, Chad
Location	Salamat Region
Elevation AMSL	415 m / 1,362 ft
Coordinates	10°53′27″N019°49′03″E / 10.89083°N 19.81750°E Coordinates: 10°53′27″N019°49′03″E / 10.89083°N 19.81750°E
Map
	Zakouma Location in Chad (Salamat region highlighted)
Runways
	Source: AIS ASECNA [1]

Last updated March 01, 2019

Zakouma Airport( IATA : AKM)^[2] is an airport located in the Salamat region in Chad. It serves the Zakouma National Park.

An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.

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.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 415 metres (1,362 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 03/21 with a clay surface measuring 1,500 by 37 metres (4,921 ft × 121 ft).^[1]

Elevation Height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface . The term elevation is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit, and depth is used for points below the surface.

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface.

Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO₂), metal oxides (Al₂O₃, MgO etc.) and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure. Clays are plastic due to particle size and geometry as well as water content, and become hard, brittle and non–plastic upon drying or firing. Depending on the soil's content in which it is found, clay can appear in various colours from white to dull grey or brown to deep orange-red.

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References

1 2 "AD 2-7-01: Zakouma" (PDF). Index of aerodromes in Chad. AIS ASECNA. 28 July 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ Accident history for Zakouma Airport (IATA: AKM) at Aviation Safety Network

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[AIS-1] 1 2 "AD 2-7-01: Zakouma" (PDF). Index of aerodromes in Chad. AIS ASECNA. 28 July 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)

[2] Accident history for Zakouma Airport (IATA: AKM) at Aviation Safety Network