Cameroon has 33 airports/airfields of different sizes and uses:
- 11 are paved runways from 1,523 m to 3,047 m long.
- 3 airports have international rank and capacity: Douala, Yaoundé and Garoua;
- 5 are considered as secondary airports: Maroua, Ngaoundéré, Bertoua, Bafoussam and Bamenda.
- 22 small size airports with unpaved runways are considered as emergency airports.
The main Cameroonian airport is Douala followed by Yaoundé-Nsimalen. Garoua, Maroua and Ngaoundéré airports receive traffic from time to time.
For more information on government agency and airport company contact details, please see the following links: 4.5 Cameroon Airport Company Contact List
Key airport information may also be found at World Aero Data.
Source for information national airports and airfields: World Airports
Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority
The Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) is in charge of defining the country’s air transport policy, including security and safety matters and granting authorization of overflight and landing. It determines the amount of the development licence fixed to 15,000 F CFA per aircraft and 10,000 FCA per passenger. United Nations aircrafts are not subject to payment of this tax.
Authority and address |
Contact Names / Email |
Tel / Fax |
Website |
Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) BP 6998, Yaoundé |
Name: AVOMO epse KOKI Title: Director General Email: contact@ccaa.aero Name: Augustin Desire Kamajou Title: Regional Delegate Email: Augustin.kamajou@ccaa.aero |
Tel1: +237 222 30 30 90 Tel2: +237 222 30 26 92 Tel3: +237 233 42 09 62 Fax: +237 222 30 33 62 |
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Summary of Role and Services:
Under technical responsibility of the Ministry in charge of Civil Aviation and under financial responsibility of the Treasury Dept. |
Aéroports Du Cameroun
A para-external company, ‘Les Aéroports du Cameroun’, is a government structure, responsible for the management, development and maintenance of airport infrastructures all over the country. It is therefore in charge of providing the following services:
- Handling operations;
- Parking arrival aircrafts;
- Cargo and luggage (arrival and departure) management;
- Ramp handling;
- Aircraft servicing;
- Airports maintenance;
- Airports equipment;
- Airport security.
- Ground assistance and service to aircrafts, Passengers and Luggage.
Authority and address |
Contact Names / Email |
Tel / Fax |
Website |
Aeroports du Cameroun (ADC) BP 13615 Yaoundé |
Name: Thomas Owona Assoumou Title: General Director Email: adc@adcsa.aero Name: Effa Tangana Prospere Title: Chef d’Escale Email: prosper.effa@adcsa.aero |
Tel1: +237 222 23 45 21 Tel2: 222 23 36 02 Fax: +237 222 23 45 20 Tel1: +237 677 23 91 31 Tel2: +237 696 93 88 74 Fax: +237 233 43 86 36 |
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Summary of Role and Services:
Its main tasks are to improve ground assistance and service to aircrafts, passengers and luggage management in airports. |
ASECNA
ASECNA is in charge of air navigation safety/assistance and the providing of meteorological information at the three international airports of Douala, Yaoundé-Nsimalen and Garoua. For the other/domestic airports, these activities are performed by the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority.
Authority and address |
Contact Names / Email |
Tel / Fax |
Website |
Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa (ASECNA) BP 4063 Douala |
Name: Abe Manga Title: Representative Email: asecna-aim-douala@asecna.org |
Tel1: 699 70 22 61 Tel2: 233 42 35 51 Fax: 233 42 71 17 |
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Summary of Role and Services: Governed by The Dakar Convention on October 25th 1974. According Article 2 of Dakar Convention, the Agency is in charge of development, setting-up and management of services and facilities on technical messages transmission, aircraft guidance, air traffic control, in flight information, weather forecasts (in flight, approach, landing phases). |
CAMAIR-CO
Domestic flights in Cameroon are ensured by the national company, Cameroon Airlines Corporation (CAMAIR-CO). It should be mentioned that air transport is the easiest way of travelling between Southern and Northern Cameroon. The CAMAIR website can be found here.
Procedures for Foreign Registered Aircraft
All private and non-scheduled commercial aircraft overflying or landing for commercial or non-commercial purposes must request prior permission from the Minister of External Relations and from the Director of Civil Aviation, both in Yaoundé at least 10 working days prior to departure. It is advisable, if possible, to provide itinerary earlier.
Clearance will not be granted more than 48-24 hours before the requested overflight and/or landing.
The requestor should follow up directly with Civil Aviation no earlier than 72 hours before planned overflight.
All requests must be submitted in duplicate and all approvals must have the concurrence of the Ministry of External Relations.
All applications must include:
a. Type of aircraft.
b. Registration of aircraft.
c. Name of pilot.
d. Number of crew.
e. Number of passengers.
f. Origin of aircraft.
g. Destination of aircraft.
h. Airport of stopover.
i. Airport of exit.
j. Nature of cargo.
k. Date of entry and departure.
l. Purpose of visit.
m. Services required.
It should be mentioned that for UN chartered aircrafts, it is possible to have the necessary clearances within 24 hours as a matter of urgency.
AIRLINERS OPERATING IN CAMEROON |
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Company Name |
Destination |
Address in Cameroon |
Aero Contractor |
Guinea |
479 Avenue de Gaulle - Bonanjo (CRTV) BP 2513,
Douala |
Air Cote d’Ivoire |
Abidjan |
Rue Joss - Bonanjo BP 4801,
Douala |
Air France-KLM |
Paris |
Rue de Trieste, BP : 4076
Douala |
AIR Rwanda |
Kigali |
Rue Tobie Kuoh - Bonanjo, BP 1234,
Douala |
ALLIED Air (DHL) |
cargo |
BP : 3582
Douala |
ARIK |
Lagos, Abuja |
1450 Boulevard De La Liberté
Douala |
ASKY AIRLINES |
Ndjamena - Lomé |
Hall de l’hôtel Djeuga Palace,
Rue Narwick 33003
(carrefour Warda), Yaoundé |
Brussels Airlines |
Brussels |
Rue Ivy – Bonanjo next to Avenue du Général de
Gaulle |
CAMAIR CO |
Cameroon |
Immeuble la Rotonde, Boulevard de la Liberté, B.P :4852
Douala |
CEIBA International |
Guinea Equatorial |
BP 5674
Douala |
CRONOS Airlines |
Guinea Equatorial |
International Airport, 1st floor C/O Geometries P.0.BOX:
12478 Douala |
EQUA flight |
Equatorial Guinea |
Douala |
Ethiopian Airlines |
Addis Ababa, |
Y building RUE 1755 Nouvelle Route
Bastos, Yaoundé |
KARINOU Airlines |
Bangui |
Aéroport International de Douala, BP 1925,
Douala |
Kenya Airways |
Nairobi |
Rue Tobie Kuoh, Bonanjo, BP 4273,
Douala |
Royal Air Maroc |
Casablanca |
10 Avenue de l’hôtel de ville,
Douala |
Senegal Airlines |
Dakar |
Angle rue Tobie Kuoh et rue Joss -
Bonanjo BP 1234,
Douala |
Sky Gabon |
cargo |
Aéroport International de Douala, B.P 5 224
Douala |
SOLENTA Aviation Gabon |
Libreville |
New airline, just registered to operate in Cameroon (April 2019) |
South African Airways |
Johannesburg |
323 Rue Dominique Savio,
Douala |
TAAG ANGOLA |
Luanda |
920 Avenue de la Liberté, BP : 130
Douala |
Trans Air Congo (TAC) |
Congo Brazzaville |
Aéroport international de Douala BP
12798 |
Turkish Airline |
Istanbul |
Carrefour Bastos BP : 35650
Douala |
Humanitarian Flights
UNHAS is operating in Cameroon as follows:
Réservations & Renseignements: 00237
698 432 243
Airport
Check-in & Ops:
- Yaoundé 00237
690 044 511 / 691 918 882
- Maroua 00237
690 121 230
- Garoua 00237
696 801 326 / 655 006 253
Email: unhas.cameroon@wfp.org
UNHAS could extend their activities to cover North-West and South-West before end of 2019. Tiko, Bamenda and Manfe could be included in future rotations.
Source: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cameroon/unhas