Airports / Gabon / BMM
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
32 nm
To the nearest alternate
Oyem Airport (OYE) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Bitam Airport (FOOB / BMM) is a mid-sized airport serving Bitam, Gabon. The airport sits 1,969 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BMM for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Oyem Airport (OYE, 32 nm), President Obiang Nguema International Airport (GEM, 37 nm), and Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI, 99 nm).
Charter pricing from BMM depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Bitam.
Field capability
ICAO
FOOB
IATA
BMM
FAA / Local
FOOB
Elevation
1,969 ft
Coordinates
2.0756° N · 11.4932° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Gabon fields
state range 13–2,158 ft
At 1,969 ft, BMM sits higher than 82% of the 11 Gabon fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 32nmOYEOyem AirportOyem
- 37nmGEMPresident Obiang Nguema International AirportMengomeyén
- 99nmNSIYaoundé Nsimalen International AirportYaoundé
- 102nmBSGBata International AirportBata
- 106nmYAOYaoundé Ville AirportYaoundé
- 123nmMKUMakokou AirportMakokou
Location
Open the full mapFOOB · Bitam Airport · Bitam, Gabon