Lubumbashi International Airport
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| Lubumbashi International Airport | |||
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IATA: FBM – ICAO: FZQA
 FBM
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Location | Lubumbashi | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,295 ft / 1,197 m | ||
| Coordinates | 11°35′28.80″S 27°31′51.52″E / 11.591333°S 27.5309778°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 10,623 | 3,203 | Asphalt |
Lubumbashi International Airport is an airport in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (IATA: FBM, ICAO: FZQA).
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Zimbabwe | Harare, Lusaka |
| Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation | Kinshasa-N'djili |
| Congo Express | Kinshasa-N'djili |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Lilongwe, Addis Ababa |
| Kenya Airways | Harare, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta |
| Stellar Airways | Kinshasa-N'djili |
| South African Express | Johannesburg |
| Zambia Skyways | Lusaka |
[edit] 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]
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- In December 2001, Air Katanga Douglas C-53-DO ZS-OJD was written off in a landing accident at Lubumbashi International Airport after a delivery flight that originated in South Africa.[4][5]
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- ^ Belgian troops parading at Elisabethville Airport
- ^ TIME - Moise Tshombe at Elisabethville airport
- ^ Rockets for the United Nations Force in the Congo (ONUC) at Elisabethville airport
- ^ "ZS-OJD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20011299-0. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ "41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO". Warbird Central. http://www.warbird-central.com/%28S%28aole1t55c0jxj5myo5hblb55%29%29/Default.aspx?Page=C-53%20Skytrooper%20-%20Serials&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
[edit] External links
- Accident history for FBM at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for FZQA at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for FZQA at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for FZQA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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