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Ouésso Airport

Coordinates: 1°36′55″N 16°02′15″E / 1.61528°N 16.03750°E / 1.61528; 16.03750
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Ouésso Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
LocationOuésso
Elevation AMSL1,158 ft / 353 m
Coordinates1°36′55″N 16°02′15″E / 1.61528°N 16.03750°E / 1.61528; 16.03750
Map
OUE is located in Republic of the Congo
OUE
OUE
Location in the Republic of the Congo
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

The Ouésso Airport (IATA: OUE, ICAO: FCOU) is an airport serving Ouésso, the capital of the Sangha Department in the Republic of the Congo.

The Ouésso non-directional beacon (Ident: OU) is in the town, 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) east of the airport.[4]

History

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The Ouésso Airport was opened in 2007 by president Denis Sassou Nguesso. The airport was renovated in 2020, which lowered the number of total flights.[5]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Canadian Airways Congo Brazzaville[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Airport information for Ouésso Airport[usurped]
  2. ^ Airport information for Ouésso Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ Google Maps - Ouésso
  4. ^ "Ouesso NDB (OU) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  5. ^ Shaban, Abdur Rahman Alfa (4 March 2020). "Ouesso – The resource rich special economic zone in Congo's north". Africanews.
  6. ^ "Canadian Airways Congo - Programmes des vols". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
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