Luau Airport

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Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport

Luau Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesLuau
LocationAngola
Elevation  AMSL 3,609 ft / 1,100 m
Coordinates 10°42′55″S22°13′50″E / 10.71528°S 22.23056°E / -10.71528; 22.23056
Map
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Location of airport in Angola
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
17/351,5585,112Dirt
Source: GCM [1] Landings.com [2] Google Maps [3]

Luau Airport (Portuguese : Aeroporto de Luau) ( IATA : UAL, ICAO : FNUA) is an airport serving Luau, a municipality in the Moxico Province of Angola. It is near the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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In February, 2015, Luau International Airport was opened by Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos. [4] The new airport is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Luau Airport.

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References

  1. ↑ Airport information for UAL / FNUA at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ "FNUA @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  3. ↑ Google Maps - Luau
  4. ↑ "Moxico: Angolan President unveils Luau airport". ANGOP. Retrieved 2017-07-27.


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