Gaoua Airport
Gaoua Airport is a public use airport located near Gaoua, Poni, Burkina Faso.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Burkina Faso
- Also known as: “Amilcar Cabral De Gaoua Airport”, “DFOG”, and “XGA”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gaoua and Sidoumoukar.
Gaoua
Photo: Hugues, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gaoua is a market town in southern Burkina Faso. The population was 45,284 in a 2019 census. Located in the red earth, green hills, and fast flowing streams of southwestern Burkina Faso, Gaoua is the capital of Poni Province and forms a sort of capital for the sacred rites and bush lore of the Lobi peoples.
Sidoumoukar
Village
Sidoumoukar is a village in the Iolonioro Department of Bougouriba Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 303. Sidoumoukar is situated 9 km southwest of Gaoua Airport.
Gaoua Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Sud-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.38325° or 10° 22′ 60″ northLongitude
-3.16433° or 3° 9′ 52″ westElevation
333 metres (1,093 feet)IATA airport code
XGAICAO airport code
DFOGUnited Nations Location Code
BF GAOOpen location code
7C2R9RMP+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 345706366OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
6296411Wikidata ID
Q2494459
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Gaoua Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gaoua Airport”
- French: “Aérodrome de Gaoua”
- French: “aéroport de Gaoua”
- French: “Aéroport de Gaoua”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Gaoua”
- Indonesian: “DFOG”
- Indonesian: “XGA”
- Japanese: “ガウア空港”
- Japanese: “ガワ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Amilcar Cabral De Gaoua”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Gaoua”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Gaoua”
- Swedish: “Gaoua Airport”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Gaoua”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gaoua and Gendarmerie de Gaoua.
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