Parakou Airport

Parakou Airport is a public use located 1 km northwest of , , . It is to be replaced by the Tourou International Airport, a new airport in , about 10 km northwest of Parakou, which will feature an asphalt runway 3,500 m in length.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “DBBP”, “Parakou”, and “PKO”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Musée en Plein Air de Parakou and Place Hubert Maga.

Museum
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is a located approximately 1.5 kilometres south of the centre of the city , in the suburbs. The museum consists of five circular complexes representing the traditional housing of the local Batanou peoples.

Memorial
Photo: Fawaz.tairou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kpébié and Parakou.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Photo: uxrocks, CC BY 3.0.
is the largest city in northern , and the third-largest city in the country, with an estimated population of 206,667 people, and capital of the . Administratively, the commune of makes one of Benin's 77 communes.

Hamlet
is a village in the commune of in the of central-eastern . It is located south-east of Parakou city centre on the RNIE 6 road.

Parakou Airport

Latitude
9.35769° or 9° 21′ 28″ north
Longitude
2.60968° or 2° 36′ 35″ east
Elevation
392 metres (1,286 feet)
IATA airport code
PKO
ICAO airport code
DBBP
Open location code
6FX49J55+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042031860
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296402
Wiki­data ID
Q1432313
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Satellite Map

Discover Parakou Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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.

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