Douala International Airport DLA / FKKD

VERIFIED against ASECNA eAIP AD 2.FKKD (eff. 06 AUG 2026), the primary source: coordinates, elevation (10 m / 34 ft ARP), runway 12/30 dimensions (2,852 m x 45 m), PCN 85/F/B/W/T, ILS CAT I on RWY 30 only (LOC 110.3, GP 335 MHz / 3 deg slope, DME Ch40X), RWY 12 has no ILS, and H24 ATS/customs/immigration/fueling/handling with AD admin office MON-FRI 0630-1430 UTC all match the draft exactly - no change needed on these fields, despite several secondary aggregators (Wikipedia, SkyVector, Great Circle Mapper) giving a slightly different runway length (2,850 m or 2,880 m) or elevation (33 ft); the primary AIP was treated as authoritative over those. Night jet departures must use RWY 12 (mandatory 2000-0600 UTC per AIP); the commander-may-request-RWY-30-for-weather exception is standard ASECNA phrasing but was not independently re-confirmed word for word, so treat it as plausible rather than AIP-verified. CORRECTED - operator ownership: ADC S.A. is NOT wholly or 100% state-owned. Per 2026 reporting tied to ADC's BVMAC listing preparation, shareholding is State of Cameroon approx 63%, ASECNA approx 20%, Camair-Co approx 8%, BICEC approx 3%, Unitair Air Affaires Afrique approx 3%. The state is the majority but not the sole owner; the founding date (13 Dec 1993, Aeroports de Paris as technical partner) and the 1 Oct 1994 concession start remain confirmed correct. The long-discussed BVMAC partial listing (A-Premium compartment) is progressing - a Jun 2026 Kribi readiness workshop found ADC's preparation level sufficient - but is still not completed as of Sep 2026. CORRECTED - terminal status: by mid-2026 the new/expanded terminal was no longer merely in preliminary design; final design was unveiled and a CFA approx 95bn modernization program (raising capacity from 1.5M to 2.5M pax/yr) began its first construction phase (airside apron expansion) in Jun 2026, with terminal-renovation tendering also launched - treat the draft's preliminary-design framing as stale. Pax figure of 1,070,000 for 2024 remains an ADC/CCAA-split estimate (Douala's share of Cameroon's national CCAA total, which was approx 1.77M across all Cameroonian airports in 2024, up 5.6% YoY) - still directional and unreconciled; other secondary sources cite 1.2-1.7M for Douala over the same period. Contact phone/email were verified via an independent ADC business listing distinct from the AIP's AD-administration operational line, which lists a different Yaounde-based phone/email for duty purposes.