Agostinho-Neto International Airport

For the new airport serving Luanda, Angola, see Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport.

Antonio-Agostinho-Neto International Airport (IATA: PNR, ICAO: FCPP) is an airport serving Pointe-Noire, a coastal city in the Republic of the Congo. The runway is surrounded by the densely populated city, and is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) inland from the Atlantic shore.

Agostinho-Neto International Airport
IATA: PNR ICAO: FCPP
Summary
Serves	Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Hub for	Equaflight, Trans Air Congo
Elevation AMSL	55 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	04°48′48″S 11°53′09″E
Map
PNR Location of Airport in Republic of the Congo
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1]

History

The airport was inaugurated in 1934; a new passenger terminal opened in 2006.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Afrijet	Libreville
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan, Libreville,[2] Kinshasa–N'djili[3]
Air France	Luanda, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
ASKY Airlines	Lomé,[4] Luanda[5]
Camair-Co	Douala, Libreville[6]
Canadian Airways Congo	Brazzaville[7][8]
Equaflight	Port-Gentil[9]
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Mauritania Airlines	Bamako, Cotonou, Nouakchott
TAAG Angola Airlines	Luanda[10]
Trans Air Congo	Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala, Libreville[11]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul,[12] Libreville

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Air France Cargo	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo	Addis Ababa, Liège, Luxembourg[13]

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.^[14]
• 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.^[15]
• On 10 May 2007, Tenir Air Ilyushin Il-76TD EX-093 was destroyed in a fire whilst being loaded for a cargo fire.^[16]
• On 15 September 2007, Veteran Airlines Antonov An-12B UR-CEN was damaged beyond economic repair in a fire which occurred when the engines were being started.^[17]
• 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,^[18][19] but there were no injuries reported.
• On 10 November 2008, Veteran Airlines 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.^[20]
• 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 a number of people on the ground.^[21]
• On 11 April 2020, an unoccupied Air France Airbus A330 F-GZCK was damaged by two gunshots while on the ground at Pointe Noire airport. The aircraft had been assisting in repatriation efforts during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.^[22]

See also

• Republic of the Congo portal
• Aviation portal
• List of airports in the Republic of the Congo
• Transport in the Republic of the Congo