The airport is at the village of Moanda, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of Gbadolite.

The Gbadolite non-directional beacon (Ident: BLT) is located 5.2 nautical miles (9.6 km) east-northeast of the airport.

The Gbadolite VOR/DME (Ident: BLT) is located on the field.

[4][5] Zairian President Mobutu had the airport built specifically so he could fly the Air France Concorde on chartered flights to Paris and elsewhere.

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