Parakou Airport
Parakou Airport is a public use airport located 1 km northwest of Parakou, Borgou, Benin. It is to be replaced by the Tourou International Airport, a new airport in Tankaro, about 10 km northwest of Parakou, which will feature an asphalt runway 3,500 meters in length.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “DBBP”, “Parakou”, and “PKO”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Musée en Plein Air de Parakou.
Musée en Plein Air de Parakou
Museum
Musée en Plein Air de Parakou is a museum located approximately 1.5 kilometres south of the centre of the city Parakou, Benin in the suburbs. The museum consists of five circular complexes representing the traditional housing of the local Batanou peoples.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parakou and Sokouno.
Parakou
Parakou is the largest city in northern Benin, and the third-largest city in the country, with an estimated population of 206,667 people, and capital of the Borgou Department. Administratively, the commune of Parakou makes one of Benin's 77 communes.
Sokouno
Hamlet
Sokouno is a village in the commune of Parakou in the Borgou Department of central-eastern Benin. It is located south-east of Parakou city centre on the RNIE 6 road.
Tourou
Suburb
Tourou is a village in the commune of Parakou in the Borgou Department of central-eastern Benin. It is located west of Parakou city centre on the RNIE 6 highway.
Parakou Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Borgou Department, Benin, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.35769° or 9° 21′ 28″ northLongitude
2.60968° or 2° 36′ 35″ eastElevation
392 metres (1,286 feet)IATA airport code
PKOICAO airport code
DBBPOpen location code
6FX49J55+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 1042031860OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover Parakou Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Parakou Airport” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار باراكو”
- Cebuano: “Parakou Airport”
- Dutch: “Parakou Airport”
- Fon: “Jɔmɛhunj’ayitɛn Parakou tɔn”
- French: “aérodrome de Parakou”
- French: “Aérodrome de Parakou”
- German: “DBBP”
- German: “Flughafen Parakou”
- German: “Parakou Airport”
- Greek: “Αεροδρόμιο του Παρακού”
- Indonesian: “Bandar udara parakou”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Parakou”
- Indonesian: “DBBP”
- Indonesian: “PKO”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Parakou”
- Japanese: “パラクー空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Parakou”
- Persian: “DBBP”
- Persian: “PKO”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پاراکو”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Parakou”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Parakou”
- Russian: “Параку (аэропорт)”
- Russian: “Параку”
- Swedish: “Parakou Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи пороку”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Parakou”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alaga and Camp Adagbè.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eglise catholique paroisse sainte josoph d’alagaa and Église Évangéliste.
Benin: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Porto-Novo, Cotonou, Abomey, and Parakou.
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