Lubumbashi International Airport

Lubumbashi International Airport Aéroport international de Lubumbashi
IATA: FBM ICAO: FZQA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Lubumbashi
Location	Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation  AMSL	4,295 ft / 1,309 m
Coordinates	11°35′28.80″S27°31′51.52″E / 11.5913333°S 27.5309778°E / -11.5913333; 27.5309778
Website	lubumbashiairport.com
Map
FBM Location of Airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,203 10,509 Asphalt

Lubumbashi International Airport( IATA : FBM, ICAO : FZQA) is an airport serving Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History

Lubumbashi International Airport was founded in colonial times as the Elisabethville Airport. ^[1] It was also known as Luano Airport. This airport played a high-profile role during the Katanga war. ^[2] After it was seized by the United Nations Force in the Congo (ONUC) troops, the airport was used as a base against the secessionist government. ^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Congo	Kinshasa–N'djili [4]
Airlink	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo [5]
Air Tanzania	Dar es Salaam [6]
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation	Kalemie, Kamina, [7] Kinshasa–N'djili, Kolwezi, [7] Mbuji-Mayi
Congo Airways	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, [8] Kananga, Kinshasa–N'djili, Mbuji-Mayi [9]
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa [10]
Kenya Airways	Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta [11] [12]
Mahogany Air	Lusaka, [13] Ndola [14]
RwandAir	Kigali [15]
South African Airways	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo [16]

Accidents and incidents

• In December 2001, Air Katanga Douglas C-53-DO ZS-OJD was written off in a landing accident at Lubumbashi International Airport after a delivery flight that originated in South Africa. ^{[17] [18]}
• On 15 September 1961 a Katangese Air Force Fouga CM.170 Magister dropped two 100 lb. bombs on the airport, one of which made a direct hit on a DC-4-1009 belonging to Air Katanga with the registration OO-ADN. There were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off. ^[19]

See also

• Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

1. "Fototeca: Informació foto". www.grec.net. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
2. "UNITED NATIONS: Quiet Man in a Hot Spot". Time. 1960-08-22. ISSN   0040-781X. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
3. Photo, UN (1963-01-03). "Troops Secure Road Blocks and Positions around Elisabethville". www.unmultimedia.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
4. "Air Congo 1Q25 Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
5. "Airlink Flight Schedule Guide" (PDF).
6. "Air Tanzania launches direct flights to Lubumbashi". The Citizen. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
7. March 2014 Timetable, http://www.caacongo.com/horaires-20-mars-2014.pdf Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
9. HORAIRE AVEC 1 Q400 DU 06/06 AU 10/07/2016 (Heures locales), http://www.congoairways.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/HORAIRE-1-Q400-2016-V2.0-ok.pdf%5B%5D
10. "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 17–19. May 2025. ISSN   1466-8718. OCLC   41608313.
11. "Nairobi, Kenya NBO". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 776–778. May 2025. ISSN   1466-8718. OCLC   41608313.
12. Liu, Jim (25 March 2025). "Kenya Airways NS25 International Service Changes – 23MAR25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
13. "Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
14. "Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019". CAPA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
15. "RwandAir to launch two new routes to the DRC". 13 September 2021.
16. "South African Airways to Resume Lubumbashi Service in NW24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
17. "ZS-OJD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
18. "41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO". Warbird Central. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
19. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4-1009 OO-ADN Elizabethville Airport (FBM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-08-26.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

External links

• Accident history for FBM at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for FZQA at Great Circle Mapper.
• Current weather for FZQA at NOAA / NWS