Mbuji Mayi Airport

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Mbuji Mayi Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
Serves Mbuji Mayi
Location Bipemba, Mbuji Mayi, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation  AMSL 2,221 ft / 677 m
Coordinates 06°07′16″S023°34′08″E / 6.12111°S 23.56889°E / -6.12111; 23.56889
Map
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Mbuji Mayi Airport
Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
17/351,9996,558Asphalt
Source: DAFIF [1] GCM [2] SkyVector [3]

Mbuji Mayi Airport( IATA : MJM, ICAO : FZWA) is an airport serving Mbuji Mayi [1] (formerly Bakwanga), the capital of the Kasai-Oriental Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 677 metres (2,221 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,999 by 45 metres (6,558 ft × 148 ft) with poor quality pavement. [1] [4]

The Mbuji Mayi non-directional beacon (Ident: MN) is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north-northwest of the airport. The Mbuji Mayi VOR/DME (Ident: MBY) is located on the field. [5] [6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Kasaï Kananga, Kinshasa–N'djili [7]
Congo Airways Kinshasa–N'djili, Lubumbashi [8]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa [9]

Accidents and incidents

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Airport information for FZWA from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for Mbuji Mayi Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ "Mbuji Mayi Airport". SkyVector Areronautical Charts. SkyVector. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Accident: Brussels B733 at Mbuji-Mayi on Aug 19th 2015, stabilizer damaged by dislodged runway pavement". avherald.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  5. ↑ "Mbuji Mayi VOR-DME (MBY) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  6. ↑ "Mbuji Mayi NDB (MN) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  7. ↑ Air Kasaï, 2016 timetable, http://www.airkasai.cd/nos-destinations-2/ Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
  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. ↑ "Ethiopian Airlines NS18 changes as of 08JAN18".
  10. ↑ "Accident: Brussels B733 at Mbuji-Mayi on Aug 19th 2015, stabilizer damaged by dislodged runway pavement". avherald.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  11. ↑ "Accident: Services Air A313 at Mbuji-Mayi on Dec 24th 2015, runway excursion on landing". avherald.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  12. ↑ The Aviation Herald (2015-12-28), Accident: Services Air A313 at Mbuji-Mayi on Dec 24th 2015, runway excursion on landing, archived from the original on 2021-12-14, retrieved 2018-08-20
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