Kongolo Airport

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Kongolo Airport

Aéroport de Kongolo
Summary
Serves Kongolo, DR Congo
Elevation  AMSL 1,850 ft / 564 m
Coordinates 05°23′40″S026°59′25″E / 5.39444°S 26.99028°E / -5.39444; 26.99028
Map
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KOO
Location of Kongolo Airport in the DR Congo
Kongolo Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
11/291,9006,234Gravel
Sources: GCM [1] Google Map [2]

Kongolo Airport( IATA : KOO, ICAO : FZRQ) is an airport serving the Lualaba River city of Kongolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation [3] Bukavu, Goma, Kalemie

Accidents and incidents

After experiencing engine trouble about ten minutes after takeoff from Kongolo Airport on 26 August 2007, an Antonov An-32B operated by the Great Lakes Business Company struck trees and crashed 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) short of the runway while attempting to return to the airport, killing 14 of the 15 people on board. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for Kongolo Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ "Kongolo Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation timetable (August 2013)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  4. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 32B 9Q-CAC Kongolo Airport (KOO)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
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