Bobo Dioulasso Airport — Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Bobo Dioulasso Airport, coded BOY, serves Bobo-Dioulasso, the second-largest city in Burkina Faso, from an elevation of 1,511 feet. The field is served by a single strip and functions as a secondary gateway to the country, complementing the capital's airport in Ouagadougou some distance to the northeast. Bobo-Dioulasso is a commercial and agricultural center in western Burkina Faso, and BOY supports both domestic connections and a smaller number of regional West African routes to neighboring countries. The airport's classification as a large airport reflects its role as the country's second-most-important air link rather than a high volume of daily flights. Ground transport connects the airport to a city center that retains much of its colonial-era architecture alongside a busy market district driving much of the local economy, and the surrounding region's cotton and mango production also depends in part on the cargo capacity this field provides.