Gbadolite Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 serving Gbadolite

Gbadolite

Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite is the capital of the Nord-Ubangi District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is located south of the Ubangi River at the border to the Central African Republic and northeast of the national capital Kinshasa...

, the capital of the Nord-Ubangi District

Nord-Ubangi District

Nord-Ubangi District is a district located in the Équateur province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

. The airport is located at the village of Moanda, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of Gbadolite.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1509 feet (460 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 07/25 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 3200 by 60 m (10,498.7 by 196.9 ), built at this length in order to accommodate Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga , commonly known as Mobutu or Mobutu Sese Seko , born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1997...

's Concorde

Concorde

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