Lubumbashi International Airport

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Lubumbashi International Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
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
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FBM
Location of Airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
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07/253,20310,509Asphalt

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

Contents

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

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

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux [12] Luxembourg

Accidents and incidents

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Fototeca: Informació foto". www.grec.net. 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. ↑ "Airlink Flight Schedule Guide" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Air Tanzania launches direct flights to Lubumbashi". The Citizen. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. 1 2 March 2014 Timetable, http://www.caacongo.com/horaires-20-mars-2014.pdf
  7. ↑ "Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  8. ↑ 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
  9. ↑ "Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019". CAPA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "RwandAir to launch two new routes to the DRC". 13 September 2021.
  12. ↑ cargolux.com - Network & Offices retrieved 31 December 2022
  13. ↑ "ZS-OJD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  14. ↑ "41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO". Warbird Central. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  15. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4-1009 OO-ADN Elizabethville Airport (FBM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-08-26.

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