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Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport[5] (IATA: CKY, ICAO: GUCY), also known as Gbessia International Airport, is an airport serving Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. It parallels the south shore of the Kaloum Peninsula approximately five kilometers from its tip. Autoroute Fidel Castro connects the airport to Conakry proper.

Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport Aéroport international Ahmed Sékou Touré
IATA: CKY ICAO: GUCY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	SOGEAC
Serves	Conakry, Guinea
Opened	1945 (1945)
Elevation AMSL	72 ft / 22 m
Coordinates	09°34′36.80″N 13°36′43.06″W
Website	aeroportdeconakry.com
Map
CKY Location of Airport in Guinea
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 360,007
Stats[1][2] GCM[3] SkyVector[4]

The airport is divided into domestic and international terminals. A number of West African, North African and European airlines serve Conakry.

The Conakry VOR/DME (Ident: GIA) and Conakry non-directional beacon (Ident: CY) are located on the field.[6][7]

History

The airport was built in 1945.[2]

In the 1970s, Soviet Naval Aviation was granted facilities at the airport to serve as a staging base for Atlantic maritime reconnaissance patrols by Tu-95RTs aircraft.

It was reported in 1975 that most of the Guinean air force's aircraft were based at Conakry-Gbessia Airport.[8] Current air force operations are conducted out of the Conakry-Gbessia Airport.

All non-ECOWAS foreigners are required to have a valid Guinean visa and a vaccination card in order to be granted entry. Yellow fever vaccination cards are verified upon entry into the country at Gbessia.

As of 2010, the airport possesses no radar and guides all planes in by sight. Night flights by European airlines require pilots to do a fly over of the runway following a near miss of a landing Air France A330 from Paris and a departing Air Senegal International Boeing 737-700 to Dakar.

In 2009, with a goal to increase annual passenger capacity to 1 million passengers, renovations began on the main terminal. Renovation costs amounted to 60 billion GNF (Around 85 million EUR).[9] The government debated in 2007 whether to relocate the Conakry Airport to Forecariah, although no official changes have been declared, as of 2011.[10] Traditionally, passengers embarked on all flights directly on the tarmac with transfers to the airport either by foot (most inter West African flights) or by buses for all European flights. The new renovations included gateways and an improved passenger departure lounge. As of January 2011, no changes have been made to the arrivals (customs and luggage carousels). The airport, as of 2012, has 360,000+ passengers per year.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan[11]
Air France	Nouakchott, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Bamako
Air Senegal	Dakar–Diass[12]
ASKY Airlines	Bamako, Lomé[13]
Brussels Airlines	Brussels[14]
Emirates1	Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines	Abidjan, Addis Ababa[15]
Mauritania Airlines	Dakar–Diass, Nouakchott
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon[16]
Tunisair	Dakar–Diass, Tunis[17]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul,[18] Ouagadougou[19]

Notes

^1 : Emirates' flight to Dubai–International from Conakry makes an initial stop in Dakar, but the flight Dubai–International to Conakry is nonstop. Emirates does not have local traffic rights on the Dakar to Conakry sector.

Statistics

Student use for exam preparation

• The airport car park is also a popular destination for students preparing for exams, as it is one of the few places in the country which is freely accessible to the public and always illuminated by electric lamps.[20]

Incidents and Accidents

• On 3 September 1978, an Air Guinee Ilyushin Il-18 from Moscow to Conakry crashed into marshland near Conakry. 15 of the total 17 occupants were killed. One crewmember and one passenger survived. The aircraft was destroyed.[21]

• On 1 July 1983, a Chosonminhang (predecessor to Air Koryo) Ilyushin Il-62M on a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Pyongyang Sunan International Airport to Conakry via Kabul and Cairo crashed at the Fouta Djallon Mountains in Guinea. All 17 passengers and 6 crew on board were killed, and the aircraft was written off.[22]

• On 19 November 2000, a Ghana Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-9 from Kotoka International Airport (in Accra) via Abidjan, Monrovia and Freetown with 42 passengers and 8 crew performed a gear-up landing in Conakry. The plane was written off.[23]

• In 2007, a Guinean Air Force MiG-21 departing from Conakry crashed into the Radio Télévision Guinéenne headquarters. The Russian pilot ejected and was unharmed.[24]

• On 28 July 2010, a Mauritania Airways Boeing 737 leased from Tunisair operating from Dakar to Conakry with 91 passengers and 6 crew overran the end of the runway in heavy rain. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[25]

• On 2 September 2022, engine 2 of TAP Air Portugal Flight 1492, an Airbus A320-251N, struck a motorcycle that crossed runway 24 during the plane's landing roll. Both riders on the motorcycle perished; however, no one on board the plane was injured. Engine 2 of the plane was damaged from the collision.[26][27]

See also

• Transport in Guinea
• List of airports in Guinea

References

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Conakry
• Google Maps - Conakry Airport
• Accident history for Conakry Airport at Aviation Safety Network
• Conakry Airport Website

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Ahmed Sékou Touré

Der Flughafen Conakry, auch Flughafen Gbessia und international als Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport oder Gbessia International Airport bekannt (IATA-Flughafencode: CKY, ICAO-Code: GUCY), ist der Flughafen der Hauptstadt Conakry in Guinea. Es ist der größte Flughafen des Landes und wird durch die Regierung betrieben. Er wurde 1945 erbaut, er wird ausschließlich zivil genutzt und ist 24 Stunden am Tag in Betrieb. Auf dem Flughafen können normalerweise Flugzeuge bis zur Größe des Jumbojet B 747-400 landen und starten.[2]

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- [en] Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional Ahmed Sékou Touré

El aeropuerto internacional Ahmed Sékou Touré[1] (IATA: CKY, OACI: GUCY), conocido como el aeropuerto internacional de Conakri-Gbessia hasta el 16 de diciembre de 2021,[2] es un aeropuerto ubicado en Conakri, capital de la República de Guinea en el Oeste de África. Es el único aeropuerto internacional del país.[1]

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[it] Aeroporto di Conakry

L'Aeroporto Internazionale Ahmed Sékou Touré[1] (IATA: CKY, ICAO: GUCY) è un aeroporto guineano situato vicino alle località di Soninké e Yimbaya, a circa 13 km a nord-est del centro di Conakry, capitale dello Stato dell'Africa occidentale.

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[ru] Международный аэропорт имени Ахмеда Секу Туре

Международный аэропорт имени Ахмеда Секу Туре (ИАТА: CKY, ИКАО: GUCY), также известный как международный аэропорт Гбессиа, расположенный в городе Конакри, столице Республики Гвинея в Западной Африке. Он разделён на международный терминал и терминал внутренних сообщений. Аэропорт обслуживает западноафриканских авиаперевозчиков, таких как Air Ivoire, Benin Golf Air и Slok Airlines, а также несколько североафриканских и европейских авиалиний: Brussels Airlines, Air France и Royal Air Maroc и других[1].

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