Corisco International Airport
Corisco International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Corisco | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 0°55′00″N 9°19′50″E / 0.91667°N 9.33056°E | ||||||||||
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Corisco International Airport (
Litoral Province of Equatorial Guinea. It was opened on 10 October 2011.[4]
The airport is 26 nautical miles (48 km) north of the
VOR-DME (ident: LV), and the field elevation is 17 m (55 ft).[3]
History
The airport was originally conceived as part of a project aiming to turn the island of Corisco into an important centre of tourism. The Moroccan construction company Somagec was placed in charge of the construction of the site.[5]
The second vice prime minister Demetrio Eló Ndong Nsefumu visited the Corisco Island airport on 5 October 2011 to personally verify the facility's construction progress.[6]
On 10 October, the
prime minister Ignacio Milam Tang, and the second vice prime minister Demetrio Eló Ndong Nsefumu. The president gave a speech on the importance of the new airport's impact on tourism. After the opening ceremony, the presidents of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, together with the Equatoguinean first lady, prime minister, and the rest of the guests from the government, toured the modern facilities of the new airport.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Airport information for OCS at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Corisco
- ^ a b "Corisco International Airport, Equatorial Guinea | OCS | Pilot info". Metar-Taf.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "Corisco now has an international airport". Equatorial Guinea's Press and Information Office. 2011-12-10. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ a b "El Presidente inaugura el nuevo aeropuerto de Corisco". Guinea Ecuatorial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "Demetrio Elo Ndong Nsefumu visita el nuevo aeropuerto de Corisco". Guinea Ecuatorial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-05.