N'djili Airport

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n'djili airport aéroport de n'djili
IATA: FIH – ICAO: FZAA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Kinshasa
Elevation AMSL		1,027 ft / 313 m
Coordinates		04°23′08.7″S 15°26′40.45″E / 4.38575°S 15.4445694°E / -4.38575; 15.4445694Coordinates: 04°23′08.7″S 15°26′40.45″E / 4.38575°S 15.4445694°E / -4.38575; 15.4445694
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	15,420	4,700	Concrete

N'djili Airport (IATA: FIH, ICAO: FZAA), also known as N'Djili International Airport and Kinshasa International Airport, serves the city of Kinshasa and is the largest of the four international airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves as hub for the three largest airlines in the DRC, namely Bravo Air Congo, Hewa Bora Airways and Wimbi Dira Airways.

In 2004, the airport served 516,345 passengers (+17.9% vs. '03).

It is an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.

The airport is going now through a major refurbishment and modernization plan to upgrade the over 50 year old airport's buildings and facilities. The airport has barely been maintained or upgraded and is still using the infrastructure built by the Belgians during the colonial era. ^[1] The airport offers wireless internet access.

Contents 1 Accidents and incidents 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Scheduled 2.2 Cargo Airlines 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Accidents and incidents

• 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Scheduled

Airlines	Destinations
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Benin Golf Air	Cotonou, Pointe-Noire
Brussels Airlines	Brussels, Douala, Luanda, Yaounde
Business Aviation	Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation	Goma, Kananga, Kindu, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Mbandaka, Mbuji-Mayi
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Hewa Bora Airways	Brazzaville, Brussels, Douala, Gemena, Goma, Johannesburg, Kananga, Kisangani, Kolwezi, Lagos, Lomé, Lubumbashi, Mbandaka, Mbuji-Mayi, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Kenya Airways	Nairobi
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
South African Airways	Johannesburg
TAAG Angola Airlines	Luanda
Trans Service Airlift
Wimbi Dira Airways	Gbdolite, Gemena, Goma, Isiro, Johannesburg, Kananga, Kindu, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Mbandaka, Mbuji Mayi

[edit] Cargo Airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Demavia Airlines	Brussels

Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) at Kinshasa International Airport

Terminal building at Kinshasa International Airport

N'Djili airport at night

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Accident history for FIH at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for FZAA at Great Circle Mapper. Data current as of October 2006.
• Current weather for FZAA at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for FZAA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.