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Yengema Airport

Yengema, Sierra Leone

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Location

Yengema · E · Sierra Leone

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8.610°, -11.045° · 1300 ft elev.

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Remote airstrip serving Sierra Leone's diamond mining heartland.

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Yengema, Sierra Leone

Yengema Airport (IATA: WYE, ICAO: GFYE) is a small domestic airport located in Yengema, a town in the Kono District of eastern Sierra Leone. The area is historically significant as one of West Africa's most prominent diamond-mining regions, and the airport has long served as a vital link connecting the district to the capital, Freetown. The airstrip is modest in size and infrastructure, primarily handling light aircraft and occasional charter flights rather than scheduled commercial jet service. Its remote location and limited facilities reflect the challenges of aviation infrastructure development in rural Sierra Leone. During Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s and early 2000s, the Kono District and its airport experienced significant disruption due to conflict over control of the diamond fields. The airport has since returned to limited civilian use, supporting humanitarian, mining industry, and government-related travel.

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Ground transport from Yengema Airport into the town and surrounding Kono District is typically by road via private vehicle or local taxi.

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No major scheduled airlines currently operate regular service at Yengema Airport; the facility primarily serves charter and light aircraft operators.

Notable facts

›Located in the Kono District, one of Sierra Leone's most important diamond-mining regions.
›Primarily serves charter flights, light aircraft, and government or humanitarian operations.
›The airport and surrounding area were heavily affected by Sierra Leone's civil war (1991–2002).
›Yengema is one of the few domestic airstrips in Sierra Leone outside of Freetown.
›The ICAO code GFYE places it within the Gulf of Guinea/West Africa regional designation.

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Yengema Airport is a regional airport located in Yengema, Kono District, Sierra Leone. It is the only airport that serves Kono District. It is one of the busiest airports in the country, due to the present of large diamond mining companies in Kono District.

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Yengema Airport

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