Bobo Dioulasso Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Bobo Dioulasso, Houet Province (Burkina Faso)

IATA: BOY ICAO: DFOO

Longest Active Runway

10,826 ft

3,300 meters

Field Elevation

1,511 ft

461 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

11.1601°, -4.3310°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #411 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#658 of 7558

Top 8.7% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Burkina Faso)

#1 of 2 in BF

#1 of 2 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+8.3%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 BOY in numbers: 10,826 ft longest runway · tied #411 of 650 published · #658 of 7,558 worldwide (top 8.7%) · #1 in Burkina Faso.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

BOY lies at 461 m (1,511 ft), #152 of 650 published airports by elevation and 75.7 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 237 ft above the Burkina Faso median (1,274 ft, 2 airports) and the highest published airport in the country.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of BOY. Nearest published airport: Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport (OUA), 180 NM, 9,843 ft (983 ft shorter than BOY); 2 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,826 ft (3,300 m)

BOY runway: 06/24 10,826 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #1 of 2 in Burkina Faso; 983 ft ahead of OUA (9,843 ft). +8.3% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
06/24	10,826 ft (3300 m / 3.300 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →