DLAFKKD

Douala International Airport

Douala, Cameroon · Africa

Africa Africa/Douala IVCA 44.0

25direct destinations

18airlines

1runway

2,850 mLongest runway

1977opened

Douala International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Douala) (IATA: DLA, ICAO: FKKD) is an international airport located in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. With its 4 terminals and an average of 1.5 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of freight per year, it is the country's busiest airport. The airport is managed and partly owned (34%) by the company Aeroport du Cameroon (ADC) which also manages all other 13 airports on Cameroonian soil.

Location

4.006°N, 9.719°E · 10 m s. n. m. (33 ft)

General data

CountryCameroon

CityDouala

IATA codeDLA

ICAO codeFKKD

Coordinates4.006°N, 9.719°E

Elevation10 m s. n. m. (33 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Douala

Runways1

Longest runway2,850 m

OperatorAéroports du Cameroun

Opened1977

Direct destinations25

Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

12/30

Length2,850 m9,350 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

119.700

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 18

Other airlines with direct routes

Camair-Co Asky Airlines Trans Air Congo AfriJet Air Côte d'Ivoire Ethiopian Airlines RwandAir Air Algérie Air Congo Air France Air Peace Brussels Airlines Congo Airways Cronos Airlines EgyptAir Kenya Airways Royal Air Maroc Turkish Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Douala International Airport (DLA). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DLA

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_dla,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Douala International Airport (DLA)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DLA},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DLA}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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