Banjul International Airport

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Banjul International Airport
IATA: BJL - ICAO: GBYD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Banjul
Elevation AMSL		95 ft (29 m)
Coordinates		13°20′16.66″N, 16°39′07.94″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
14/32	11,811	3,600	Asphalt

Banjul International Airport Also known as Yundum international (IATA: BJL, ICAO: GBYD) is the international airport of Banjul, capital of The Gambia.

In 2004, the airport served 310,719 passengers.

In the event of an emergency on any of the NASA Space Shuttles, Banjul International Airport has been selected as an augmented landing site. ^[1][2]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines with scheduled flights at Banjul International Airport:

• Afrinat International Airlines (Conakry, Dakar)
• Air Senegal International (Dakar)
• Bellview Airlines (Freetown, Lagos)
• Brussels Airlines (Brussels, Dakar)
• Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
• Elysian Airlines (Conakry, Freetown)
• Mahfooz Aviation (Bissau, Dakar)
• Slok Air International (Bamako, Conakry, Dakar, Freetown, Monrovia)
• Spanair (Barcelona, Las Palmas, Madrid)
• TACV (Dakar, Freetown, Praia)

Charter Airlines at Banjul International Airport:

• Thomas Cook Airlines (Glasgow-International+ London-Gatwick, Manchester, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Copenhagen)
• Thomsonfly (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
• First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
• Monarch Airlines (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
• Transavia.com (Amsterdam-Schiphol)

+ New route starting on the 4th of November 2008.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile of Banjul International Airport
• Airport information for GBYD at World Aero Data