Banjul International Airport
IATA: BJL – ICAO: GBYD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Banjul
Elevation AMSL		95 ft / 29 m
Coordinates		13°20′16.66″N 16°39′07.94″W / 13.3379611°N 16.6522056°W / 13.3379611; -16.6522056Coordinates: 13°20′16.66″N 16°39′07.94″W / 13.3379611°N 16.6522056°W / 13.3379611; -16.6522056
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 967,719 passengers.

In the event of an emergency on any of the NASA Space Shuttles, Banjul International Airport had been selected as an augmented landing site. The Gambia was the perfect location when the shuttle was launched with a low, 28-degree inclination.^[1][2]

In 2001 NASA announced that Banjul airport would no longer be used as an augmeted landing site due to the fact that today, NASA sends shuttles up at 51.6 degrees to the International Space Station, making air bases in Spain and France better emergency landing spots. ^[3]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Afrinat International Airlines	Conakry, Dakar
Arik Air	Freetown, Dakar, Lagos
Arkefly	Amsterdam
Bellview Airlines	Freetown, Lagos
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Elysian Airlines	Conakry, Freetown
Hamburg International	Bristol, East Midlands
Mahfooz Aviation	Bissau, Dakar
Neos	Milan-Malpensa
Nigerian Eagle Airlines	Lagos
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Spanair	Barcelona, Madrid
TACV	Freetown, Praia
Thomas Cook Airlines	Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Thomson Airways	London-Gatwick, Manchester
Viking Airlines	London-Gatwick, Manchester

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile of Banjul International Airport
• Airport information for GBYD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

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