Travel Guides

Eritrea Gateway · UNESCO Asmara · Visa Pre-Arrival Only · Eritrean Nakfa Asmara International Airport (ASM) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Eritrea is one of the few African countries with NO visa-on-arrival and no e-Visa — every non-Eritrean visitor must obtain a visa from an Eritrean embassy before boarding, applying via Form B62.3 (processing … Read more

Chad Gateway · e-Visa Mandatory May 2026 · CFA Central Africa · Level 4 Advisory N’Djamena International Airport (NDJ) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Currency is the Central African CFA franc (XAF) — pegged €1 = XAF 655.957, same rate as the West African CFA but a different currency (XAF circulates only in the … Read more

Somalia Gateway · Level 4 Do Not Travel · Airport Compound Reality · USD-Cash Only Mogadishu Aden Adde Airport (MGQ) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Aden Adde International Airport — named for Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, Somalia’s first president — is the country’s principal international gateway and the most heavily defended airport in East … Read more

Mauritania Gateway · 2016 Greenfield Airport · Ouguiya Redenominated 2018 · e-Visa Since 2025 Nouakchott Oumtounsy Airport (NKC) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport opened in June 2016 as the greenfield replacement for the old Nouakchott airport — a 30,000 m² terminal with 6 jet bridges, 2 million passenger annual capacity, designed … Read more

DRC Gateway · Modern 2015 Terminal · USD-CDF Dual Currency · Level 4 Advisory Kinshasa N’djili Airport (FIH) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 N’djili International Airport sits 25 km east of central Kinshasa on Boulevard Lumumba. Modern terminal opened in 2015; the 4,700 m runway is one of Africa’s longest. Most travellers need a … Read more

Liberia Gateway · e-Visa Launched March 2025 · Dual USD/LRD Currency Monrovia Roberts Airport (ROB) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Roberts International Airport — known locally as Robertsfield — sits 56 km (35 mi) northeast of central Monrovia near Harbel, Margibi County, in the heart of the former Firestone rubber plantation. The drive is … Read more

Mali Gateway · Level 4 Do Not Travel · CFA Franc · US Visas Suspended 2026 Bamako Senou Airport (BKO) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Modibo Keita International Airport, named in 2013 for Mali’s first president, sits 15 km south of Bamako and is Mali’s only international airport. The dominant 2026 context: the US, … Read more

Guinea-Bissau Gateway · Bijagós Biosphere Reserve · CFA Franc Bissau Airport (OXB) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (also called Bissalanca) sits 11 km northeast of central Bissau and is Guinea-Bissau’s only international airport. ECOWAS nationals are visa-free 90 days; everyone else needs an embassy visa or pre-approved VoA. Yellow fever … Read more

West Africa Gateway · ASKY Airlines Hub · Single Terminal · CFA Franc Lomé Airport (LFW) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport sits 6 km northeast of central Lomé. As of 18 May 2026, all African Union passport holders enter visa-free for 90 days with an online arrival declaration via voyage.gouv.tg. … Read more

Central Asia · IATA Changed FRU → BSZ in 2025 · Marshrutka 380 · Kyrgyz Som Bishkek Manas Airport (BSZ) — The Complete Master Guide 2026 Manas International Airport sits 25 km north-northwest of central Bishkek and has — since 9 August 2025 — used the IATA code BSZ in place of the long-standing FRU … Read more

PKX is Beijing’s new mega-airport, opened 26 September 2019 — Zaha Hadid Architects’ starfish-shaped 700,000+ m² terminal that became the world’s largest single-building airport terminal at opening. Designed for ~100 million passengers by 2040; 53.61 million passengers in 2025 (up 8.4%). The terminal’s distinctive star pattern was timed to open as China’s 70th-anniversary infrastructure showpiece. Critical distinction: PKX supplements Beijing Capital (PEK) — the two airports split SkyTeam vs Star…

CKG is the gateway to Chongqing — China’s largest municipality by registered population (~32 million across the wider administrative area) and the famously vertical “mountain city” of cliff-clinging stilt houses, suspension bridges, and Yangtze + Jialing river junctions. Over 40 million passengers annually (44M+ in 2023), 24 km from downtown. Terminals T1 and T2 are currently under renovation; all flights now operate from T3 — T3A handles international + HK/Macau/Taiwan…

SZX is the gateway to Shenzhen — China’s tech megacity, the 17-million Special Economic Zone that grew from a Cantonese fishing village in 1980 to home of Tencent, Huawei, BYD, DJI, ZTE, Ping An. 66.48 million passengers in 2025, making it one of mainland China’s busiest. The defining infrastructure is Terminal 3, designed by Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas (Studio Fuksas) and opened November 2013 — the honeycomb-glass exterior + light-filled…

TFU is Chengdu’s new airport, opened 27 June 2021 — the second Chengdu airport, supplementing the older CTU (Shuangliu, 1956). Two terminals (T1 + T2), 56.69 million passengers in 2025 (5th busiest in mainland China). Critical distinction: TFU sits 50 km south-east of central Chengdu; CTU is only 16 km south-west — most international long-haul and Sichuan Airlines + China Eastern operations moved to TFU, while Air China + most…

RSW is Southwest Florida’s commercial gateway — 11.15 million passengers in 2025, the most in the airport’s history. The airport sits between Fort Myers and Naples, the gateway to Sanibel + Captiva Islands (20 mi / 35 min), Fort Myers Beach, and Naples (40-50 min south). Resilient after Hurricane Ian — the Category 4 storm made landfall on 28 September 2022 near Cayo Costa, hammering Lee County; RSW reopened on…