Menongue Airport

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Menongue Airport

Aeroporto de Menongue
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
Serves Menongue, Angola
Elevation  AMSL 4,691 ft / 1,430 m
Coordinates 14°39′25″S17°43′05″E / 14.65694°S 17.71806°E / -14.65694; 17.71806 (Menongue East/Serpa Pinto Airport (Menongue))
Map
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SPP
Location of Airport in Angola
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/313,50011,483Asphalt
Source: DAFIF [1] GCM [2] Landings.com [3] Google Maps [4]

Menongue Airport (Portuguese : Aeroporto de Menongue) ( IATA : SPP, ICAO : FNME) is an airport serving Menongue, a town and municipality in the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola.

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From 2008 to 2014 the expansion of their terminal building and lengthened. [5]

The Menongue non-directional beacon (Ident: ME) is located on the field. [6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
TAAG Angola Airlines Luanda

National Air Force of Angola

The 8th Training Squadron of the 24th Training Regiment is stationed here.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Airport information for FNME [usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for SPP at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ "FNME @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Google Maps - Menongue
  5. ↑ http://www.theafricanaviationtribune.com/2013/09/angola-menongue-international-airport.html?m=1
  6. ↑ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.


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