NSI

Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport

ICAO FKYS3.7226°N 11.5533°E694 m / 2,278 ftLarge airport
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Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (IATA: NSI, ICAO: FKYS) is a large airport in Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon. It has one runway, 3,400 m (11,155 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aéroports du Cameroun. In 2018 it handled 707 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
NSIMALEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
01/19010° / 190° · LIT
LENGTH3,400 m11,155 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2018
258K
306K
345K
348K
396K
478K
707K
11121315161718

Routes

17 destinations · 13 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miDLA · Douala International Airport · 206 km / 128 miSSG · Malabo International Airport · 316 km / 196 miLBV · Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport · 434 km / 270 miNGE · N'Gaoundéré Airport · 461 km / 286 miGOU · Garoua International Airport · 656 km / 408 miMVR · Salak Airport · 805 km / 500 miBZV · Maya-Maya International Airport · 977 km / 607 miNDJ · N'Djamena International Airport · 1,011 km / 628 miLFW · Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · 1,173 km / 729 miABJ · Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · 1,724 km / 1,071 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 3,066 km / 1,905 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 3,849 km / 2,392 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 4,514 km / 2,805 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 5,107 km / 3,173 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 5,287 km / 3,285 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 3,586 km / 2,228 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 3,801 km / 2,362 miBRUISTCMNMEDJEDADDABJLFWNDJBZVGOULBVSSGCDGNGEMVRDLANSI
Year-round15
DLADouala International AirportCameroon · Camair-Co206 km128 miSSGMalabo International AirportEquatorial Guinea · Asky Airlines316 km196 miLBVLibreville Leon M'ba International AirportGabon · Afrijet Business Service, Ethiopian Airlines, Camair-Co434 km270 miNGEN'Gaoundéré AirportCameroon · Camair-Co461 km286 miGOUGaroua International AirportCameroon · Camair-Co656 km408 miMVRSalak AirportCameroon · Camair-Co805 km500 miBZVMaya-Maya International AirportCongo - Brazzaville · ECAir977 km607 miNDJN'Djamena International AirportChad · Asky Airlines, Camair-Co1,011 km628 miLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportTogo · Asky Airlines1,173 km729 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · Air Côte d'Ivoire1,724 km1,071 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines3,066 km1,905 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc3,849 km2,392 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines4,514 km2,805 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France5,107 km3,173 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines5,287 km3,285 mi
Most destinationsCamair-Co 8Asky Airlines 3Ethiopian Airlines 2Afrijet Business Service 1ECAir 1Air Côte d'Ivoire 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NSI. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers707K (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#958of 3,974 · #57 Africa · #2 CMLongest runway3,400 m11,155 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=586of 29,823 · =87 Africa · #1 CMElevation694 m2,278 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#7,700of 43,341 · #1,551 Africa · #12 CMRunways11 · 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

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TWRTWR119.100