Bekinyon Airstrip

The specific reason is undocumented as there are no official records for this airstrip. However, its abandonment is almost certainly linked to the chronic instability, armed conflict, and the collapse of economic activity in the Vakaga prefecture of the Central African Republic. Airstrips of this type were often built for a single purpose (e.g., a safari camp, missionary post, or mining exploration) and abandoned when that purpose was no longer viable, most often due to intense and prolonged regional conflict making operations impossible.

The site is completely abandoned and has reverted to nature. Satellite imagery clearly shows the faint outline of a single runway that is now entirely overgrown with grass, shrubs, and trees. It is completely unusable for any aviation purposes. There is no remaining infrastructure such as buildings, hangars, or navigational aids at the location. The area is extremely remote and sparsely populated.

Bekinyon Airstrip holds no official or recorded historical significance. The identifier 'CF-0008' is not an official ICAO code but a placeholder used in some non-governmental aviation databases to catalogue small or unverified airfields. Based on its remote location near the borders of Sudan and Chad, and its rudimentary nature (a single, unpaved runway cut into the savanna), it was a private bush airstrip. Its operations would have been limited to serving small, light aircraft (e.g., Cessna 206, Piper PA-32) capable of landing on rough fields. Its most probable uses were supporting safari tourism or hunting concessions (common in the region before the civil wars), missionary aviation, or humanitarian/NGO flights.

There are zero known plans or prospects for reopening Bekinyon Airstrip. The primary barriers are the severe and ongoing security challenges in the Vakaga prefecture, the complete lack of local infrastructure, and the absence of any economic driver to justify the significant cost of reclaiming and maintaining an airfield in such a remote location. Any future entity needing air access to this specific area would likely find it more practical to construct a new airstrip.