# Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI / FKYS) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkys ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: NSI / FKYS - Type: Large airport - Operator: Aéroports du Cameroun - Serves: Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon - Elevation: 694 m / 2,278 ft - Coordinates: 3.7226, 11.5533 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,400 m / 11,155 ft - Passengers: 706,868 (2018) - Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Douala - Website: http://www.ccaa.aero/aeroports-du-cameroun-197/aviation/actualite/141,aeroport-international-de-yaounde-nsimalen.html - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9_Nsimalen_International_Airport (24 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221351 - Weather station: FKYS · WMO 64950 - Ident: FKYS ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 01/19 | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 010° / 190° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2011 | 258,274 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 305,640 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 344,696 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 347,979 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 395,904 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 478,061 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 706,868 | Wikidata | ## Routes 17 destinations in 13 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (15) - [DLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkd.md) Douala International Airport · Cameroon · 206 km / 128 mi · Camair-Co - [SSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fgsl.md) Malabo International Airport · Equatorial Guinea · 316 km / 196 mi · Asky Airlines - [LBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fool.md) Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport · Gabon · 434 km / 270 mi · Afrijet Business Service, Ethiopian Airlines, Camair-Co - [NGE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkn.md) N'Gaoundéré Airport · Cameroon · 461 km / 286 mi · Camair-Co - [GOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkr.md) Garoua International Airport · Cameroon · 656 km / 408 mi · Camair-Co - [MVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkl.md) Salak Airport · Cameroon · 805 km / 500 mi · Camair-Co - [BZV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fcbb.md) Maya-Maya International Airport · Congo - Brazzaville · 977 km / 607 mi · ECAir - [NDJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fttj.md) N'Djamena International Airport · Chad · 1,011 km / 628 mi · Asky Airlines, Camair-Co - [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 1,173 km / 729 mi · Asky Airlines - [ABJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/diap.md) Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Côte d’Ivoire · 1,724 km / 1,071 mi · Air Côte d'Ivoire - [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 3,066 km / 1,905 mi · Ethiopian Airlines - [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 3,849 km / 2,392 mi · Royal Air Maroc - [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,514 km / 2,805 mi · Turkish Airlines - [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 5,107 km / 3,173 mi · Air France - [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 5,287 km / 3,285 mi · Brussels Airlines ### Seasonal (2) - [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,586 km / 2,228 mi · Camair-Co - [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,801 km / 2,362 mi · Camair-Co ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NSI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (2) - E4 [Elysian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/elysian-airlines) - [Section Liaison Air Yaoundé](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/section-liaison-air-yaounde) ### Passenger (10) - QC [Camair-Co](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/camair-co) · 8 - KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 3 - ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 2 - [AfriJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/afrijet) · 1 - HF [Air Côte d'Ivoire](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cote-divoire) · 1 - AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1 - SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1 - LC [ECAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ecair) · 1 - AT [Royal Air Maroc](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-maroc) · 1 - TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1 Former hub of [National Airways Cameroon](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/national-airways-cameroon). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 707K (2018) | #958 of 3,974 | #57 in Africa | #2 in CM | | Longest runway | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | =585 of 29,858 | =87 in Africa | #1 in CM | | Elevation | 694 m / 2,278 ft | #7,704 of 43,403 | #1,551 in Africa | #12 in CM | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in CM | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 121.300 | | TWR | TWR | 119.100 | ## Nearby airports - [YAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkky.md) Yaoundé Ville Airport · 13 km / 8.1 mi - [CM-0021](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cm-0021.md) N6 ag field · 85 km / 53 mi - [FKKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkke.md) Eseka Airport · 85 km / 53 mi - [CM-0020](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cm-0020.md) Mg ag field · 89 km / 55 mi - [FKBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkbj.md) M'Bandjock Airport · 89 km / 56 mi - [CM-0018](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cm-0018.md) Ebo ag field · 93 km / 58 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: “Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yaoundé_Nsimalen_International_Airport&oldid=1363088340), 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/fkys/data