Kahemba Airport
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| Kahemba Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: FZCF | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Location | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,425 ft / 1,044 m | ||
| Coordinates | 07°20′S 019°01′E / 7.333°S 19.017°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 1,100 | 3,609 | ||
Kahemba Airport (ICAO: FZCF) is located in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the border with Angola.
Kahemba is registered ECCAIRS code 223075[1]
[edit] Incidents
Kahemba was the destination planned for the 1996 Air Africa crash that killed hundreds at N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa. The flight was reported to have been involved in the transport of arms.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Location Indicators by State, ECCAIRS 4.2.6: Data Definition Standard
- ^ Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, chapter 3, page 118
[edit] External links
- Accident history for FZCF at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for FZCF at Great Circle Mapper.
- Airport information for FZCF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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