Airports / Cameroon / GOU
Garoua International Airport
FKKR / GOUGaroua, CameroonELEV 794 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
56 nm
To the nearest alternate
Yola Airport (YOL).
Overview
Garoua International Airport (FKKR / GOU) is a large commercial airport serving Garoua, Cameroon. The field lies at an elevation of 794 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
GOU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Yola Airport (YOL, 56 nm), Salak Airport (MVR, 85 nm), and N'Gaoundéré Airport (NGE, 119 nm).
Quotes for flights out of GOU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from GOU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
FKKR
IATA
GOU
FAA / Local
FKKR
Elevation
794 ft
Coordinates
9.3348° N · 13.3721° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Cameroon fields
state range 33–4,347 ft
At 794 ft, GOU sits lower than 70% of the 10 Cameroon fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 56nmYOLYola AirportYola
- 85nmMVRSalak AirportMaroua
- 119nmNGEN'Gaoundéré AirportN'Gaoundéré
- 152nmMIUMaiduguri International AirportMaiduguri
- 157nmGMOGombe Lawanti International AirportGombe
- 166nmMQQMoundou AirportMoundou
Location
Open the full mapFKKR · Garoua International Airport · Garoua, Cameroon