Pointe Noire Airport

Pointe Noire Agostinho Neto International Airport
IATA: PNR – ICAO: FCPP PNR Location of Airport in Republic of the Congo
Summary
Serves	Pointe-Noire
Location	Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Hub for	Equaflight Trans Air Congo
Elevation AMSL	55 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	04°48′48″S 011°53′09″E / 4.81333°S 11.88583°E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 8,530 2,600 Asphalt

Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (IATA: PNR, ICAO: FCPP), is an airport located in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. It is one of two international airports in the country, the other being Brazzaville Maya–Maya Airport.

History

The airport was inaugurated in 1934; a new passenger terminal opened in 2006.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan, Libreville[1]
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
ASKY Airlines	Lome,[2] Malabo[3]
Canadian Airways Congo	Brazzaville[4][5]
CEIBA Intercontinental	Libreville, Malabo
Equatorial Congo Airlines operated by PrivatAir	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Paris–Charles de Gaulle[6]
Equaflight	Port-Gentil[7]
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Interair South Africa	Cotonou, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[8]
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
SN Air Congo	Brazzaville
South African Airways	Cotonou, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
Trans Air Congo	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala, Libreville[9]
Westair Benin	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Kinshasa–N'Djili[10]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Air France Cargo operated by Martinair Cargo	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Avient Aviation	Liège, Sharjah
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo	Addis Ababa, Liège, Luxembourg[11]
Sky Gabon	Libreville

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Accidents and incidents

• On 4 June 1969, a Douglas DC-3 of the Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos was hijacked on a domestic flight from N'Zeto airport to Soyo Airport, Angola. The aircraft landed at Pointe Noire.^[13]
• On 11 March 1994, Aéro-Service Swearingen Merlin TN-ADP was written off in a landing accident when the crew neglected to lower the undercarriage.^[12]
• On 10 May 2007, Tenir Air Ilyushin Il-76TD EX-093 was destroyed in a fire whilst being loaded for a cargo fire.^[14]
• On 15 September 2007, Veteran Airline Antonov An-12B UR-CEN was damaged beyond economic repair in a fire which occurred when the engines were being started.^[15]
• On 25 January 2008, Canadian Airways Congo Boeing 727–247 9L-LEF was damaged beyond economic repair when it was struck on the ground by Aéro-Service Antonov An-12BP EK-11660 which suffered a brake failure while taxiing. The An-12 was also damaged beyond economic repair.^[16][17]
• On 10 November 2008, Veteran Airline Antonov An-12 UR-PLV suffered an in-flight fire. A safe landing was made at Pointe Noire but the aircraft was subsequently destroyed by fire.^[18]
• On 21 March 2011, Trans Air Congo Antonov An-12 TN-AGK crashed on approach to Pointe Noire airport. All four crew were killed, as well as five illegal passengers and a number of people on the ground.^[19]

References

1. "• The African Aviation Tribune •: ► COTE D'IVOIRE: Air Côte d’Ivoire announces Pointe Noire, Ouagadougou, Yaounde; various timetable changes.". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
2. May 2014 Timetable, http://www.flyasky.com/asky/horaires/pnr
3. "Asky Airlines Adds Malabo Service from late-May 2015". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
4. "Canadian Airways Congo – Programmes des vols". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
5. "Mangos for Meat". Airliner World (September 2014): 31.
6. 2014 Timetable, http://www.flyecair.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Proramme_Vols.pdf
7. Equaflight, 2014 timetable and fares, http://www.equaflight.com/en/schedules-fares/
8. Interair South Africa May 2014 Timetable, http://www.interair.co.za/timetable.asp#sa-ind
9. Trans Air Congo Timetable, http://www.flytransaircongo.com/fr/programme-des-vols/tous-les-horaires.html
10. Westair Benin destinations list for Winter 2012/2013
11. Ethiopian AirlinesEthiopian Airlines. "Page not found". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
12. "TN-ADP Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. 22 March 2011.
13. "Hijacking Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
14. "EX-093 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. 22 March 2011.
15. "UR-CEN Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. 22 March 2011.
16. "9L-LEF Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. 22 March 2011.
17. "EK-11660 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. 22 March 2011.
18. "UR-PLV Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. 22 March 2011.
19. "TN-AGK Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. 22 March 2011.