Cameroon plans to build a modern airport in the seaside town of Kribi
Cameroon's future industrial hub, with the construction of its deep-water port, the city of Kribi has only one almost abandoned aerodrome.
Riding on the future economic potential of the seaside town, the State wants to build a modern airport there.
The construction of a modern airport in Kribi is in the pipeline at the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA). According to Business In Cameroon, the CEO of the CCAA revealed it on February 25, during a visit to the aerodrome of the seaside town. "We came to take stock of the situation, and see to what extent we could develop a modern airport in this city, which has potential and great economic and tourist prospects," said Paule Assoumou Koki. "There is a real need. at the airport in Kribi. This has been clearly told to us. The CEO of PAK (Autonomous Port of Kribi, editor's note) and his collaborators shared with us the various development plans underway at the port and in the town of Kribi. Rich and particularly fruitful exchanges which make it possible to reaffirm our forward-looking vision, and to know much better how we can approach the project in the future,”added the CEO. According to the PAK, the CCAA is targeting a site of around 600 hectares, for the extension and modernization of the airfield in the tourist town, so that it can accommodate larger planes. The current platform covers an area of 125 hectares. It essentially consists of a laterite airstrip, which is hardly used. We have been talking about the project to build a modern aerodrome in Kribi, a tourist town in southern Cameroon for a long time now.
On December 23, 2013, the then Minister of Transport, Robert Nkili, entrusted the feasibility studies for this project to the Chinese construction company, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Co Ltd Group. Since then, no progress has been perceptible. Remember that Cameroon currently has 4 international airports (Douala, Yaoundé-Nsimalen, Garoua and Maroua Salak) and 4 main secondary airports (Bafoussam, Ngaoundéré, Bamenda and Bertoua), which are little used.
