Salak Airport guide

Salak Airport serves Maroua, the capital of Cameroon's Far North Region. It lies about 15 km southwest of the city, close to the village of Salak, at an elevation of 423 m. The airport is also listed as Maroua Airport and Maroua Salak Airport, and its ICAO code is FKKL.

A single asphalt runway, 13/31, is 2,100 m long. The strip was completely redone in 2007 and fitted with lighting for day and night landings. In April 2014 a ministerial order made Maroua-Salak Cameroon's fourth international airport, after Yaoundé-Nsimalen, Douala and Garoua. Opening to intercontinental traffic depended on further steps, and the runway would need at least 700 m of extension to reach the 2,800 m required for aircraft such as the Boeing 747.

The terminal is small and handles domestic flights. Camair-Co links the airport with Douala and Yaoundé. Airports of Cameroon (ADC), which runs seven airports under a state concession, manages the site. The terminal was designed for about 500,000 passengers and 20,000 tonnes of freight a year, and in 2010 it used about 4% of that capacity.