Gbadolite Airport (French: Aéroport de Gbadolite) (IATA: BDT, ICAO: FZFD) is an airport serving Gbadolite, the capital of the Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is at the village of Moanda, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of Gbadolite.

Gbadolite Airport Aéroport de Gbadolite
Gbadolite airport reception hall
IATA: BDT ICAO: FZFD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Gbadolite, DR Congo
Elevation AMSL	1,499 ft / 457 m
Coordinates	4°15′10″N 20°58′30″E
Map
BDT Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

The Gbadolite non-directional beacon (Ident: BLT) is located 5.2 nautical miles (9.6 km) east-northeast of the airport. The Gbadolite VOR/DME (Ident: BLT) is located on the field.[4][5]

History

Zairian President Mobutu had the airport built specifically so he could fly the Air France Concorde on chartered flights to Paris and elsewhere.

See also

•  Democratic Republic of the Congo portal
•  Aviation portal
• Transport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of airports in Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

External links

• Gbadolite Airport at OpenStreetMap
• Accident history for Gbadolite Airport at Aviation Safety Network
• Aeronautical chart and airport information for Gbadolite Airport at SkyVector
• Gbadolite on the BBC

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[fr] Aérodrome de Gbadolite