Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
| Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport Aeroporto Quatro de Fevereiro |
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IATA: LAD – ICAO: FNLU
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military / Public | ||
| Operator | Military of Angola | ||
| Location | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Hub for | |||
| Elevation AMSL | 243 ft / 74 m | ||
| Coordinates | 08°51′30″S 013°13′52″E / 8.85833°S 13.23111°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 05/23 | 3,716 | 12,190 | Asphalt |
| 07/25 | 2,600 | 8,530 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto Quatro de Fevereiro) (IATA: LAD, ICAO: FNLU) is located in Luanda, a city in the Luanda Province and the capital of Angola. Quatro de Fevereiro is Portuguese for February 4th, a national holiday in Angola marking the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime on 4 February 1961.
In 2009, about 1.8 million passengers were counted.[3]
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[edit] Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 243 feet (74 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 05/23 is 3,716 by 45 metres (12,192 × 148 ft) and 07/25 is 2,600 by 60 metres (8,530 × 197 ft).[1]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Mali | Abidjan, Bamako |
| Air Namibia | Windhoek |
| Arik Air | Lagos |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Diexim Expresso | Benguela, Huambo, Lubango, Soyo |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Dubai |
| Iberia | Madrid |
| KLM | Amsterdam [begins 5 March 2012][4] |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta |
| LAM Mozambique Airlines | Maputo |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Libreville |
| SonAir | Benguela, Cabinda, Catumbela, Lubango, Ondjiva, Soyo |
| South African Airways | Johannesburg |
| TAAG Angola Airlines | Bangui, Beijing-Capital, Brazzaville, Cabinda, Cape Town, Catumbela, Dubai, Gaborone, Harare, Havana, Johannesburg, Libreville, Lisbon, Lubango, Luena, Lusaka, Malabo, Maputo, Menongue, Namibe, Ondjiva, Pointe-Noire, Porto, Praia, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos, São Tomé, Saurimo, Windhoek |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon |
[edit] Charter
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| SonAir operated by Atlas Air |
Houston-Intercontinental |
| TAAG Angola Airlines | Salvador Seasonal: Recife |
[edit] Incidents and accidents
On 12 February 2000, a Transafrik cargo Boeing 727 crashed upon landing on runway 23. Due to high winds gusting to between 50 and 80 knots, the aircraft had executed a missed approach, and upon the landing flare of the second attempt, witnesses saw the right wing touch the ground.
On May 25, 2003, a Boeing 727-223 with the registration number N844AA, which had been parked at the airport for over a year, was stolen in mysterious circumstances.
On 27 June 2009, a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER G-RAES was damaged after a collision with another aircraft while it was parked.[5]
On 31 January 2010, Guicango Yakovlev Yak-40 D2-FES suffered the collapse of all landing gears on landing after a flight from Cabinda.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Airport information for FNLU from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for LAD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ Macauhub: Over 2 million passengers processed at Luanda Airport Angola in first half of 2010 November 30, 2009
- ^ http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nl-NL/Article.cms/Airlines/KLM_stelt_start_nieuwe_route_Amsterdam-Luanda_uit
- ^ "Parked BA 777 damaged in ground collision at Luanda". 29 June 2009. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/06/29/328991/parked-ba-777-damaged-in-ground-collision-at-luanda.html.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Guicango YK40 at Luanda on Jan 31st 2010, gear collapse on landing". Aviation Herald. http://avherald.com/h?article=42699fe8&opt=0. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
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