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Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport

Yaoundé, CM

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Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport

Yaoundé, Cameroon · Africa

Cameroon's capital airport: a single 1991 terminal about 22 km south of Yaoundé, run by Aéroports du Cameroun. It handled 816,164 passengers in 2024, about 70% of the non-transit traffic international or regional. Air France flies to Paris, Brussels Airlines to Brussels, Turkish to Istanbul, Ethiopian to Addis Ababa and Royal Air Maroc to Casablanca. ASKY, Air Côte d'Ivoire, Afrijet and Camair-Co cover Africa and domestic routes. Expect a basic terminal with modernisation works, paid ADC VIP salons and taxi-only ground transport.

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4.6/ 10

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Ease of use6.0
Comfort & amenities4.5
Food & retail3.0
Ground access4.0
Reliability5.0
Lounges4.0

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport

Yaoundé, Cameroon · Africa

Cameroon's capital airport: a single 1991 terminal about 22 km south of Yaoundé, run by Aéroports du Cameroun. It handled 816,164 passengers in 2024, about 70% of the non-transit traffic international or regional. Air France flies to Paris, Brussels Airlines to Brussels, Turkish to Istanbul, Ethiopian to Addis Ababa and Royal Air Maroc to Casablanca. ASKY, Air Côte d'Ivoire, Afrijet and Camair-Co cover Africa and domestic routes. Expect a basic terminal with modernisation works, paid ADC VIP salons and taxi-only ground transport.

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4.6/ 10

Rough

Ease of use6.0
Comfort & amenities4.5
Food & retail3.0
Ground access4.0
Reliability5.0
Lounges4.0

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Typical security
20 min
editorial average, not live
Best way to city
About 30–45 min (estimate)
Official airport taxi (TaxiGo roll-out)
Lounges
3
On time
70%
of departures
Terminals
1
passenger terminal (opened 1991); modernisation of check-in, baggage and border-police areas under way from December 2025
Passengers / year
816,164 (2024, Ministère des Transports Annuaire Statistique 2025, from CCAA data), including 184,525 transit

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Published alerts

Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Oct 24, 2026.

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ADC's 12-month terminal modernisation project (check-in counters, baggage conveyors, border-police booths), awarded in December 2025, may cause temporary layouts and slower baggage delivery.The airport-taxi scheme is changing: ADC's TaxiGo drivers were trained in September 2026.Winter 2026/27 programmes were approved by the CCAA on 8 October 2026. Turkish Airlines is cutting its Cameroon flights from seven to five a week; Air France is adding flights in December 2026 and January 2027.On-time share, delay minutes, cancellations and security wait are HonestAirport estimates; no per-airport punctuality data is published for NSI.

Typical delay mix from the same editorial snapshot — not a live feed. Current operations are on Overview.

Typical departure delays28 min · 28%

Typical arrival delays30 min · 30%

Typical cancellations0 min · 3%

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Normal operations

No Flighty-reported operational issues for this airport.

Source: Flighty Airports

Status response Oct 27, 12:29 UTC · Confirm live conditions with official sources before travel.

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