Port-Gentil International Airport

Port-Gentil International Airport
IATA: POG – ICAO: FOOG POG Location of Airport in Gabon
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Port-Gentil
Elevation AMSL	13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 6,234 1,870 Asphalt

Port-Gentil International Airport is an airport in Port-Gentil, Gabon (IATA: POG, ICAO: FOOG).

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Afric Aviation	Libreville
Equaflight	Pointe-Noire
Nationale Regionale Transport	Libreville, Oyem

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Sky Gabon	Libreville

Accidents and Incidents

• On October 12, 2011, a Nationale Regionale Transport EMB-120, registration ZS-PYO (MSN: 120245) performing a charter flight from Libreville to Port Gentil (Gabon), overran runway 21's end and came to a stop with the nose gear intact, both main gear struts bent backwards causing the engines to "pitch down" together with the wings. A few passengers sustained minor injuries, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off

References

Information from "THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM FOR AFRICA": 26 July 2011 Modernization and restructuring works on the airport at Port-Gentil in Gabon are to start Friday August 5.In Libreville on July 20, Minister of Transport Julien Nkoghé Békalé signed several contracts with the companies responsible for the works, reports the daily news site "L’Union". Financed to the amount of 30 billion francs CFA (65.7 million dollars) by the Gabonese State and Total Gabon, the works concern the reconstruction of the runway, the construction of a security barrier around the airport and the renovation of all the car parks. The runway will also be enlarged, from 1900 to 2600 meters. Once completed, it will be able to accommodate aircraft of the type 737-800.The main purpose of these works is to bring the airport international status and so to participate in the economic development of the whole region. The works should be completed by 2012, reports the newspaper Gabonews.