Airports / Gabon / POG
Port Gentil International Airport
FOOG / POGPort Gentil, GabonELEV 13 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
60 nm
To the nearest alternate
Omboue Hospital Airport (OMB).
Overview
Port Gentil International Airport, listed as FOOG / POG, is a large commercial airport in Port Gentil, Gabon. Field elevation is 13 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list POG as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Omboue Hospital Airport (OMB, 60 nm), Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (LBV, 81 nm), and Lambarene Airport (LBQ, 90 nm).
Trip costs from POG are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from POG to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
FOOG
IATA
POG
FAA / Local
FOOG
Elevation
13 ft
Coordinates
0.7117° S · 8.7544° 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 Gabon fields
state range 13–2,158 ft
At 13 ft, POG sits lower than 91% 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.
- 60nmOMBOmboue Hospital AirportOmboue
- 81nmLBVLibreville Leon M'ba International AirportLibreville
- 90nmLBQLambarene AirportLambarene
- 103nmOCSCorisco International AirportCorisco Island
- 139nmTMSSão Tomé International AirportSão Tomé
- 154nmMJLMouilla Ville AirportMouila
Location
Open the full mapFOOG · Port Gentil International Airport · Port Gentil, Gabon