Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
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| Airport type | Military / Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | ENANA EP | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Luanda, Angola | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 243 ft / 74 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 08°51′30″S 13°13′52″E / 8.85833°S 13.23111°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | web | ||||||||||||||
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Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro), (IATA: LAD, ICAO: FNLU) is the main international airport of Angola. It is located in the southern part of the capital Luanda, situated in the Luanda Province. Quatro de Fevereiro means 4 February, which is an important 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.[5]
History
The airport started to be constructed in 1951, to serve the capital of the then Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola. It was inaugurated in 1954, by the Portuguese President Craveiro Lopes. In honor to him, the official name of the airport became President Craveiro Lopes Airport (Aeroporto Presidente Craveiro Lopes). In August 1975 the airport hosted tens of thousands of mostly white Portuguese Angolans in transit, camping at the airport ahead of fleeing to Lisbon via "Operation Air Bridge". Following the independence of Angola from Portugal in November 1975, the airport was re-baptized Quatro de Fevereiro Internacional Airport.
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 ft × 148 ft) and 07/25 is 2,600 by 60 metres (8,530 ft × 197 ft).[1] Starting in Mid-2017, the airport will be replaced by the new Angola International Airport. Construction work has already started, but its opening was postponed due to financial difficulties on the part of the Angolan government.[6]
Airlines and destinations
- Notes
^a Flights to and from Luanda proceed to Windhoek. However, KLM does not carry local traffic rights between Luanda and Windhoek.
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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| 2005 | 882,749 |  18.15% |
28,382 | 17.31% |
19,975 | 23.35%
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| 2006 | 1,128,442 | 27.83% |
22,213 |  21.74% |
33,876 | 69.59%
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| 2007 | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 2008 | 2,222,638 | N.A. | 68,000 | N.A. | 42,614 | N.A. |
| 2009 | 2,430,794 | 9.37% |
65,843 | 3.17% |
53,339 | 25.17%
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| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2009) | ||||||
Accidents and incidents
- On 12 February 2000, a Transafrik International 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 25 May 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, while it was parked, by a collision with a Hainan Airlines Airbus A340-600 B-6510.[11][12]
- On 31 January 2010, Guicango Yakovlev Yak-40 D2-FES suffered the collapse of all landing gears on landing after a flight from Cabinda.[13]
References
- ^ a b Airport information for FNLU from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for LAD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "FNLU @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Airport Council International's 2010 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Macauhub: Over 2 million passengers processed at Luanda Airport Angola in first half of 2010 30 November 2009
- ^ Angola: Luanda's costly new airport raises questions. theafricareport.com. 18 November 2014 (inglês)
- ^ "Angola: Flights Luanda/Houston Open to Public As From May". 1 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017 – via AllAfrica.
- ^ "Destination Guide - TAAG". Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ http://inforpress.publ.cv/EN/economia-3/139442-suspension-of-taag-flights-between-cabo-verde-sao-tome-and-principe-and-angola-causes-damages-to-inpharma
- ^ "Suspension of TAAG flights between Cabo Verde / Sao Tome and Principe and Angola causes damages to Inpharma". 26 February 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Parked BA 777 damaged in ground collision at Luanda". FlightGlobal.com. 29 June 2009.
- ^ "Accident: British Airways B772 and Hainan A346 at Luanda on Jun 27th 2009, wings collided". avherald.com. 29 June 2009.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Guicango YK40 at Luanda on Jan 31st 2010, gear collapse on landing". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 31 January 2010.