Airport type Military/Public Elevation AMSL 1,230 ft / 375 m 10,827 3,300 Address Bouake, The Ivory Coast Elevation 375 m | Location Bouaké 03/21 10,827 3,300 Asphalt Code BYK Phone +225 55 52 35 77 | |
Bouaké Airport (IATA: BYK, ICAO: DIBK) is an airport located in Bouaké, the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, in West Africa.
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 wounded.
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