Bo Airport
Bo Airport is a regional airport located in Bo, the second largest city of Sierra Leone. It is mainly used for regional and diplomatic aircraft to Bo District. The airport is operated by the Sierra Leonean Airports Authority.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “GFBO” and “KBS”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bo and Tikonko.
Bo
Bo is the second city of Sierra Leone and the main city of the Southern region. Bo is one of the only cities in Sierra Leone to be untouched by the war, owing to a citizen militia which kept the rebel soldiers out for the entire 10 years.
Tikonko
Town
Tikonko is a village in Bo District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The Mende make up the largest ethnic group in the village. Tikonko is situated 8 km south of Bo Airport.
Panguma
Hamlet
Panguma is a village in eastern Sierra Leone, with a population of 7965. The village had previously been the capital of Mende chief Nyagua during the 19th century. Panguma is situated 9 km north of Bo Airport.
Bo Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Southern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
7.94516° or 7° 56′ 43″ north
Longitude
-11.76062° or 11° 45′ 38″ west
Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)
Operator
Sierra Leonean Airports Authority
IATA airport code
KBS
ICAO airport code
GFBO
Open location code
6CVCW6WQ+3Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Bo Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bo Airport”
- German: “Flughafen Bo”
- German: “Flugplatz Bo”
- Indonesian: “GFBO”
- Indonesian: “KBS”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Bo”
- Japanese: “ボー空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Bo”
- Persian: “GFBO”
- Persian: “KBS”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بو”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Bo”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Bo”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бӯ”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Bo”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bo Airfield and Kandeh Town Extension.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kandeh Town Market and Njala University - Towama Campus.
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