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
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
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
ASKY Airlines	Lome, Malabo
Canadian Airways Congo	Brazzaville
CEIBA Intercontinental	Libreville, Malabo
Equatorial Congo Airlines operated by PrivatAir	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Equaflight	Brazzaville, Port-Gentil
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Interair South Africa	Cotonou, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
Royal Air Maroc	Brazzaville, Casablanca
SN Air Congo	Brazzaville
South African Airways	Cotonou, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
Trans Air Congo	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala, Libreville
Westair Benin	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Kinshasa–N'Djili

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
Sky Gabon	Libreville

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.
• 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.
• On 10 May 2007, Tenir Air Ilyushin Il-76TD EX-093 was destroyed in a fire whilst being loaded for a cargo fire.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.