Comment "A rare 10000+ ft runway in Central Africa" on Gbadolite Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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A rare 10000+ ft runway in Central Africa

This airport was built to serve the hometown of then-Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko, who had a palace here and would charter an Air France Concorde so his family could go shopping in Paris. Yes, you read that correctly.

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