BJL

Banjul International Airport

ICAO GBYD13.3380°N 16.6522°W29 m / 95 ftLarge airport
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Banjul International Airport (IATA: BJL, ICAO: GBYD) is a large airport in Banjul (Yundum), Western Division, Gambia. It has one runway, 3,600 m (11,811 ft) long, asphalt.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Banjul International AirportOld terminal
14/32131° / 311° · LIT
LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

20 destinations · 18 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miDSS · Blaise Diagne International Airport · 155 km / 96 miCKY · Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport · 534 km / 332 miNKC · Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport · 558 km / 347 miFNA · Lungi International Airport · 646 km / 401 miABJ · Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · 1,659 km / 1,031 miACC · Kotoka International Airport · 2,001 km / 1,243 miLOS · Murtala Muhammed International Airport · 2,311 km / 1,436 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 2,409 km / 1,497 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 2,924 km / 1,817 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 4,458 km / 2,770 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 4,591 km / 2,853 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 4,734 km / 2,942 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 5,366 km / 3,334 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 4,547 km / 2,825 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 4,626 km / 2,874 miBTS · M. R. Štefánik Airport · 4,971 km / 3,089 miCPH · Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 5,334 km / 3,314 miOSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · 5,680 km / 3,529 miARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 5,877 km / 3,652 miHEL · Helsinki Vantaa Airport · 6,216 km / 3,862 miHELOSLISTCPHBTSAMSMANLISCMNLOSABJFNANKCARNBRULGWACCDSSBHXCKYBJL
Year-round13
DSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Brussels Airlines, Air Peace, Air Senegal +1155 km96 miCKYAhmed Sékou Touré International AirportGuinea · Brussels Airlines534 km332 miNKCNouakchott–Oumtounsy International AirportMauritania · Turkish Airlines558 km347 miFNALungi International AirportSierra Leone · Asky Airlines, Transair (Senegal)646 km401 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · Air Peace1,659 km1,031 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · Asky Airlines2,001 km1,243 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · ValueJet, Air Peace2,311 km1,436 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc2,409 km1,497 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal2,924 km1,817 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Sierra Leone4,458 km2,770 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines4,591 km2,853 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · TUI fly Netherlands4,734 km2,942 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines5,366 km3,334 mi
Most destinationsSunclass Airlines 4Brussels Airlines 3Air Peace 3TUI Airways 3Transair (Senegal) 2Turkish Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BJL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Banjul International Airport” (revision of 1 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,600 m11,811 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=383of 29,823 · =45 AfricaElevation29 m95 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,042of 43,341 · =2,870 AfricaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa
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

3 channels
APPAPP121.300
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.300