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Pointe Noire Airport
Airport Directory » Congo » Pointe Noire » Pointe Noire AirportAntonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (IATA: PNR, ICAO: FCPP), is an eminent airport turn up in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.
It is 1 of the 2 international airports in the land, the other being Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport.
The airport was kick off in 1934. Constructions have since been do to increase its capacity. It is now able to assist 10 million riders a yr.
A new depot has lately been opened which is a massive improvement on the previous ‘moo-cow depot’ construction that was used. However, the new depot is already present signs of poor upkeep and drop.
Several accidents has take place at the airport, 1 Il-76 burn up when on a dead end and 1 An-12 and B727 hit each other during a cab accident.
As with many airports in West Africa Pointe Noire Airport it is in earnest over staffed yet surprisingly inefficient. Travellers through the airport, particularly when going away, are forced to give over money by airport functionaries (particularly by the ‘security’ at the x-ray machine) with menaces of being denied going.
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