DLA

Douala International Airport

ICAO FKKD4.0061°N 9.7195°E10 m / 33 ftLarge airport
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Douala International Airport (IATA: DLA, ICAO: FKKD) is a large airport in Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon. It opened on 27 Jun 1977. It has one runway, 2,850 m (9,350 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aéroports du Cameroun. In 2018 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1962–1984
04 MAR 1962
DisasterCaledonian Airways Flight 153.111 killed
27 JUN 1977
OpenedDouala International Airport opens.
30 AUG 1984
DisasterCameroon Airlines Flight 786.2 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Presidential Pavillion
12/30117° / 297° · LIT
LENGTH2,850 m9,350 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2018
618K
689K
745K
810K
715K
806K
1.1M
11121315161718

Routes

21 destinations · 16 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miSSG · Malabo International Airport · 116 km / 72 miBFX · Bafoussam Airport · 184 km / 114 miNSI · Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport · 206 km / 128 miBSG · Bata International Airport · 234 km / 145 miLBV · Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport · 396 km / 246 miNGE · N'Gaoundéré Airport · 565 km / 351 miCOO · Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport · 853 km / 530 miLFW · Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · 968 km / 601 miBGF · Bangui M'Poko International Airport · 977 km / 607 miPNR · Antonio Agostinho-Neto International Airport · 1,010 km / 628 miBZV · Maya-Maya International Airport · 1,105 km / 687 miFIH · Ndjili International Airport · 1,129 km / 702 miABJ · Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · 1,519 km / 944 miKGL · Kigali International Airport · 2,364 km / 1,469 miNBO · Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 3,081 km / 1,914 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 3,259 km / 2,025 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 3,689 km / 2,292 miALG · Houari Boumediene Airport · 3,695 km / 2,296 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 3,726 km / 2,315 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 3,734 km / 2,320 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 3,938 km / 2,447 miMEDJEDCMNALGCAIADDNBOKGLABJFIHPNRBGFLFWNGELBVNSIBFXBSGSSGCOODLA
Year-round19
SSGMalabo International AirportEquatorial Guinea · Afrijet Business Service, Cronos Airlines116 km72 miBFXBafoussam AirportCameroon · Camair-Co184 km114 miNSIYaoundé Nsimalen International AirportCameroon · Camair-Co206 km128 miBSGBata International AirportEquatorial Guinea · Afrijet Business Service234 km145 miLBVLibreville Leon M'ba International AirportGabon · Afrijet Business Service, Camair-Co396 km246 miNGEN'Gaoundéré AirportCameroon · Camair-Co565 km351 miCOOCotonou Cadjehoun International AirportBenin · Camair-Co853 km530 miLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportTogo · Asky Airlines968 km601 miBGFBangui M'Poko International AirportCentral African Republic · Camair-Co977 km607 miPNRAntonio Agostinho-Neto International AirportCongo - Brazzaville · Camair-Co1,010 km628 miBZVMaya-Maya International AirportCongo - Brazzaville · Camair-Co1,105 km687 miFIHNdjili International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · Air Congo1,129 km702 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · Air Côte d'Ivoire1,519 km944 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · RwandAir2,364 km1,469 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Kenya Airways3,081 km1,914 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines3,259 km2,025 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir3,689 km2,292 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie3,695 km2,296 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc3,726 km2,315 mi
Most destinationsCamair-Co 10Afrijet Business Service 3Cronos Airlines 1Asky Airlines 1Air Congo 1Air Côte d'Ivoire 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DLA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Douala International Airport” (revision of 31 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.1M (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#799of 3,974 · #45 Africa · #1 CMLongest runway2,850 m9,350 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,550of 29,823 · =259 Africa · #3 CMElevation10 m33 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,160of 43,341 · =3,011 Africa · #28 CMAgeOpened 19772026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,549of 15,079 · =88 AfricaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =1 CM
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
A/GA/G VOICE RDO655.900
TWRTWR119.700