Port Bouet Airport (ABJ) Airport Guide - HonestAirport

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Treat Terminal 1 as the main international hall. Terminal 2 is the smaller 2023 refurbished hall, not the leftover 55,000 m² / 5 million / 8-bridge expansion. Seasonal Hajj space is not a third terminal you can walk to on a Tuesday.
Aeria Lounge / Salon Business is the live room — next to Air Lounge Café in the T1 departure hall. No live Priority Pass, LoungeKey or DragonPass finder page. Do not stand in the hall hunting a PP QR.
Walk-in leftover typical 30,000 XOF is traveler-reported, not an AERIA HTML tariff — confirm at the desk. Showers leftover-conflicting.
Yango is the live app. Uber ended Côte d'Ivoire service on 25 Sep 2025 — do not stand at arrivals refreshing Uber. Bolt has no live Abidjan city page. inDrive is a backup. Heetch leftover-conflicting.
Official orange taxis at arrivals. OFT agents and a displayed fare grid: leftover typical Port-Bouët / Zone 4 / Marcory 1,000–3,000 XOF; Plateau / Treichville 3,000–5,000; Cocody / Riviera 4,500–6,500. Unofficial leftover 6,000–15,000 Plateau is not the displayed OFT band — check the vitrine.
Pre-enrol SNEDAI at least 10 working days out (FCDO). Paying at the airport without the approved barcode is the DST-exception path, not the plan.
No published AERIA Wi-Fi SSID. Do not hunt leftover "ABJ Free Wi-Fi".
ECOWAS ordinary passports follow the ECOWAS entry rule. UK, EU, US and most other ordinary passports need the SNEDAI e-visa.

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SecurityTraveler Tips & Hacks

Give international long-haul a full 3 hours with bags

Air France from ABJ closes check-in 120 minutes before departure. HF long-haul desks close H-1h30; regional H-1.

Boulevard VGE traffic can erase the first hour. HF web check-in is 24 hours to 3 hours out — still be at the desk before the airline's close.

Pro

HF sells web check-in 24 hours to 3 hours before departure.

Watch-out

AF's 120-minute close from ABJ is stricter than many European AF stations.

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NavigationTraveler Tips & Hacks

T1 is the main hall — leftover 5 million is not today's T2

Egis Sep 2025: T1 26,091 m² + T2 4,027 m², one 3,000 × 45 m runway. T2's 2023 refurb is live; the 55,000 m² expansion is not.

WikiConvention Sep 2023 facade still reads AERIA TERMINAL 1. Seasonal Hajj space is not a third terminal.

Watch-out

Confirm T1 vs T2 on the boarding pass — they are two halls.

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LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

Aeria Lounge is local — not a Priority Pass room

Salon Business / Aeria Lounge sits next to Air Lounge Café. No live PP / LoungeKey / DragonPass page.

Walk-in leftover typical 30,000 XOF, confirm at the desk. Showers leftover-conflicting. Interior photographed November 2019.

Watch-out

Do not plan a Priority Pass visit here.

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TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

Open Yango — do not open Uber

Uber left Côte d'Ivoire on 25 Sep 2025. Yango is the live app; official orange taxis use the OFT displayed grid.

Leftover typical displayed Plateau 3,000–5,000 XOF. Bolt has no live Abidjan city page. No metro, no airport rail.

Pro

OFT agents and a vitrine grid beat a curb haggle.

Watch-out

Friday evening Boulevard VGE can double the ride.