Bouaké Airport | |
Iata: | BYK |
Icao: | DIBK |
Type: | Military/Public |
Location: | Bouaké |
Elevation-F: | 1231 |
R1-Number: | 03/21 |
R1-Length-F: | 10,827 |
R1-Length-M: | 3,300 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Bouaké Airport is an airport located in Bouaké, the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire.[1] [2]
See main article: June 29, 2007 assassination attempt on Guillaume Soro. On June 29, 2007, Guillaume Soro, the prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire, was targeted by rocket and Kalashnikov fire upon his landing at the Bouaké Airport. Four people were killed and ten others were wounded.[3]