# Garoua International Airport (GOU / FKKR)

**Garoua International Airport** (IATA: GOU, ICAO: FKKR) is a large airport in Garoua, North Region, Cameroon. It has one runway, 3,363 m (11,032 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aéroports du Cameroun. In 2018 it handled 57 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GOU / FKKR
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Aéroports du Cameroun
- Serves: Garoua, North Region, Cameroon
- Elevation: 242 m / 794 ft
- Coordinates: 9.3348, 13.3721
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,363 m / 11,032 ft
- Passengers: 57,070 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Douala
- Website: https://www.ccaa.aero/index.php/en/aviation-civile-au-cameroun-aeroports-du-cameroun-en/404-aeroport-international-de-garoua-en
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garoua_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2161272
- Weather station: FKKR · WMO 64860
- Ident: FKKR

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,363 m / 11,032 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 086° / 266° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 20,777 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 40,821 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 39,027 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 27,281 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 46,253 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 57,070 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [NSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkys.md) Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport · Cameroon · 656 km / 408 mi · Camair-Co
- [DLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkd.md) Douala International Airport · Cameroon · 717 km / 446 mi · Camair-Co

### Seasonal (1)

- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,078 km / 1,913 mi · Camair-Co

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- QC [Camair-Co](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/camair-co) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 57K (2018) | #2,035 of 3,974 | #139 in Africa | #3 in CM |
| Longest runway | 3,363 m / 11,032 ft | #636 of 29,858 | #98 in Africa | #2 in CM |
| Elevation | 242 m / 794 ft | =21,544 of 43,403 | #2,459 in Africa | #22 in CM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in CM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G VOICE RDO | 880.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [TD-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/td-0004.md) Léré Airport · 94 km / 59 mi
- [YOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnyo.md) Yola Airport · 104 km / 64 mi
- [KLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkh.md) Kaélé Airport · 145 km / 90 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: “Garoua International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garoua_International_Airport&oldid=1363038761), 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/fkkr/data