Kamembe Airport

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Kamembe International Airport
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Kamembe airport terminal seen from the runway, 2017
Summary
Airport typeCivil
Owner Rwandan Government
OperatorRwanda Airports Authority
Serves Cyangugu
LocationKamembe, Rwanda
Elevation  AMSL 5,192 ft / 1,583 m
Coordinates 02°27′23″S28°54′35″E / 2.45639°S 28.90972°E / -2.45639; 28.90972 Coordinates: 02°27′23″S28°54′35″E / 2.45639°S 28.90972°E / -2.45639; 28.90972
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KME
Location of the airport in Rwanda
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
02/204,9211,500Asphalt

Kamembe International Airport, ( IATA : KME, ICAO : HRZA), is an airport in Rwanda. RwandAir operates a Dash 8-Q400 with seven flights per week to and from Kigali International Airport. The airport receives charter flights from Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, though not on a regular schedule. During the Rwandan Civil War, Kamembe airport was suggested as a site for transiting French arms to the interim government after April 1994. [1]

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Kamembe Airport from the outside, 2017 1

Location

Kamembe Airport is located approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi), by road, north of Cyangugu's central business district, Rusizi District, in the Western Province of Rwanda. [2] The airport is located approximately 147.5 kilometres (92 mi), by air, southwest of Kigali International Airport, the largest airport in the country. [3] It sits at an altitude of 5,192 feet (1,583 m) above mean sea level. [4] The geographical coordinates of Kamembe Airport are: 02°27'23.0"S, 28°54'35.0"E (Latitude:-2.456389; Longitude:28.909722). [5]

Overview

Kamembe is a medium airport with one paved runway 02/20 that measures 4,921 feet (1,500 m) long and 148 feet (45 m) wide. [4]

History

The airport terminal building was heavily damaged by a 2008 earthquake, [6] and early in 2010 the Rwanda government announced that Kamembe Airport would be repaired and modernized. [7]

By the end of 2012 a new terminal was completed, a new control tower was opened, and Techno Sky, a branch of the Italian publicly owned ENAV corporation, had installed new navigation systems. [8]

During a May 2013 visit, Infrastructure Minister Albert Nsengiyumva announced that the runway would be widened and lengthened from 1.5 kilometres (4,900 ft) to  2 kilometres (6,600 ft) by 2015. [9] The airport re-opened in June 2015 and RwandAir began scheduled flights from the airport. [10]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
RwandAir Kigali [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ Google (31 May 2020). "Road Distance Between Rusizi Taxi Park, Cyangugu and Kamembe Airport in Rwanda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Globefeed.com (31 May 2020). "Distance between Kigali International Airport KGL and Kamembe Airport KME, Flight Time/Duration". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 Great Circle Mapper (31 May 2020), Kamembe Airport (HRZA/KME), Greatcirclemapper.net, retrieved 31 May 2020
  5. ↑ Google (31 May 2020). "Location of Kamembe Airport, Rwanda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Church Mission Society (4 February 2008). "Earthquake hits Rwanda and Congo". Oxford, United Kingdom: Churchmissionsociety.org. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Gérard Rugambwa (31 May 2010). "Kamembe Airport Will Be Rehabilitated". Kigali: Rwanda Information Office (ORINFOR). Archived from the original (Archived from the original on 16 March 2012) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Ndahiro, A; Rwagatare, J., eds. (2 December 2015). Rwanda: Rebuilding of a Nation. African Books Collective. p. 161. ISBN   9791092401035 . Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "Kamembe airport upgrade to boost tourism industry". New Times . Kigali. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Wolfgang Thome (15 June 2015). "Kamembe Airport ready to open new runway". eTurboNews.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  11. ↑ New Times Rwanda (5 March 2010). "RwandAir to resume daily flights to Kamembe". New Times (Rwanda) . Kigali. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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