LBVFOOL

Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport

Libreville, Gabon · Africa

Africa Africa/Libreville IVCA 42.9

26direct destinations

12airlines

1runway

3,000 mLongest runway

Léon-Mba International Airport (IATA: LBV, ICAO: FOOL, French: Aéroport international Léon-Mba) is an international airport serving Libreville, the capital and the largest city Gabon. Constructed in the 1950s, it is the main international airport in the country.

Location

0.459°N, 9.412°E · 12 m s. n. m. (39 ft)

General data

CountryGabon

CityLibreville

IATA codeLBV

ICAO codeFOOL

Coordinates0.459°N, 9.412°E

Elevation12 m s. n. m. (39 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Libreville

Runways1

Longest runway3,000 m

Direct destinations26

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

16/34

Length3,000 m9,843 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

118.700

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 12

Other airlines with direct routes

AfriJet Nationale Regionale Transport Air Côte d'Ivoire Asky Airlines Camair-Co Ethiopian Airlines Trans Air Congo Air Algérie Air France FlyGabon 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). Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (LBV). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LBV

MLA

“Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (LBV).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LBV. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (LBV). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LBV (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_lbv,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (LBV)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LBV},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LBV}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LBV |title=Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (LBV) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-18 |language=en}}