# Parakou Airport (PKO / DBBP)

**Parakou Airport** (IATA: PKO, ICAO: DBBP) is a small airport in Parakou, Borgou Department, Benin. It has one runway, 1,600 m (5,249 ft) long.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbp

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PKO / DBBP
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Parakou, Borgou Department, Benin
- Elevation: 386 m / 1,266 ft
- Coordinates: 9.3577, 2.6097
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,600 m / 5,249 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Porto-Novo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parakou_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432313
- Weather station: DBBP · WMO 65330
- Ident: DBBP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [COO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbb.md) Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport · Benin · 335 km / 208 mi · Benin Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PKO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- Benin Airlines · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft | =5,810 of 29,858 | =595 in Africa | #2 in BJ |
| Elevation | 386 m / 1,266 ft | =14,230 of 43,403 | =2,138 in Africa | #3 in BJ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in BJ |

## Nearby airports

- [BJ-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bj-0001.md) Tourou International Airport · 12 km / 7.4 mi
- [DBBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbr.md) Bembereke Airport · 102 km / 64 mi
- [DJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbd.md) Djougou Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [SVF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbs.md) Savé Airport · 150 km / 93 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Parakou Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parakou_Airport&oldid=1363070108), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dbbp/data