AirportsGaroua International Airport is a large airport serving Garoua, in North Region, Cameroon. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GOU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GOU
- ICAO code
- FKKR
- City
- Garoua
- State or region
- North Region
- Country
- Cameroon
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 9.3348° N, 13.3721° E
- Elevation
- 242 m (794 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,363 m (11,032 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GOU means Garoua International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: FKKR. ICAO codes that begin with F belong to central and southern Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 9.3348° N, 13.3721° E. It stands 242 metres (794 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Yola, about 99 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Douala, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Garoua International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,363 metres (11,032 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 5 airports of Cameroon on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,363 m 11,032 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yola AirportYola, Nigeria | YOL | 104 km |
| Salak AirportMaroua | MVR | 158 km |
| N'Gaoundéré AirportN'Gaoundéré | NGE | 221 km |
| Maiduguri International AirportMaiduguri, Nigeria | MIU | 282 km |
| Gombe Lawanti International AirportGombe, Nigeria | GMO | 291 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,953 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,476 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,771 km | 6 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,852 km | 6 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,094 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,016 km | 16 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,051 km | 12 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,507 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,921 km | 18 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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