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Coordinates: 08°36′59.20″N 13°11′43.76″W / 8.616444°N 13.1954889°W / 8.616444; -13.1954889
| Lungi International Airport |
| IATA: FNA – ICAO: GFLL |
| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public |
| Serves |
Freetown |
| Elevation AMSL |
84 ft / 26 m |
| Coordinates |
08°36′59.20″N 13°11′43.76″W / 8.616444°N 13.1954889°W / 8.616444; -13.1954889 |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| ft |
m |
| 12/30 |
10,498 |
3,200 |
Asphalt |
Freetown-Lungi International Airport (IATA: FNA, ICAO: GFLL) is an international airport located in the coastal town of Lungi, Sierra Leone. It serves as the primary airport for domestic and international travel to and from Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone River separates Lungi International Airport from Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. The airport is operated by Sierra Leone Airports Authority. It was originally a UK Royal Air Force station. Facilities
The terminal building of the airport has a General Waiting Hall, a Departures Wing, and an Arrivals Wing. The General Waiting Hall provides ticketing desks for local transportation (coach, ferry, helicopter, hovercraft, and taxi), postal services, a travel agency office, and a restaurant; the Departures Wing contains duty free shops, lounges, and a business centre with telephone, Internet, and fax services; the Arrivals Wing has a customs hall with a money exchange window, a lost and found baggage office, and an information office. The airport grounds also contain a bank (First International Bank Ltd), an aviation security centre, a police centre, a car park, and a mosque.
Transfers to Freetown
Passengers have the choice of hovercraft, ferry, helicopter, or the new Pelican Water Taxi to cross the bay to Freetown.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Arik Air |
Banjul, Dakar, Lagos |
| ASKY Airlines |
Accra, Bamako, Banjul, Conakry |
| BMI |
London-Heathrow |
| Brussels Airlines |
Brussels, Dakar |
| Eagle Air |
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| Elysian Airlines |
Banjul, Conakry, Dakar, Monrovia |
| Kenya Airways |
Accra, Nairobi |
| Paramount Airlines |
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| Royal Air Maroc |
Casablanca |
| Sierra National Airlines |
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| TACV |
Banjul, Dakar |
Incidents and accidents
On August 11th, 2004 at around 2:30 p.m. a Boeing 737 plane operated by Air Guinea Express crashed while failing to take off at Lungi Airport. None of the 70 passengers aboard were killed. On June 3, 2007, a helicopter flight from Freetown exploded and crashed on landing at Lungi airport, killing all 22 people on board. The helicopter, a Russian Mi-8, was operated by Paramount Airlines, which shuttles passengers between Sierra Leone's coastal capital Freetown and Lungi airport. [1]
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| General Info
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| Country |
Sierra Leone
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| ICAO ID |
GFLL
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| Time |
UTC 0
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| Latitude |
8.616444
08° 36' 59.20" N
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| Longitude |
-13.195489
013° 11' 43.76" W
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| Elevation |
84 feet
26 meters
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| Type |
Civil
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| Magnetic Variation |
008° W (01/06)
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| Beacon |
Yes
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| Operating Agency |
CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
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| Operating Hours |
24 HOUR OPERATIONS
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| International Clearance Status |
Airport of Entry
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| Communications
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| TWR |
118.1
121.9
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| GND |
121.9
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| APP |
119.1
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| A/G VOICE RDO |
6673
8861
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| Runways
|
| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 12/30 |
10498 x 150 feet
3200 x 46 meters |
ASPHALT |
- |
NO
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VOR-DME |
LGI |
FREETOWN LUNGI |
102X |
115.5 |
At Field |
-
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| NDB |
SL |
FREETOWN LUNGI |
- |
270 |
1.8 NM |
298.9
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
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| Remarks
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| CAUTION |
Lightning arrestors aerials,100 FT. AGL, unlighted and non-collapsible, use caution LDG rwy 30 and T.O. rwy 12.
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| FUEL |
A1 (Mobil Oil Sierra Leone).
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| MISC |
All unsked flt must pay cash for enroute fees prior to dep.
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