Lubumbashi International Airport
| Lubumbashi International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lubumbashi | ||||||||||
| Location | Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,295 ft / 1,309 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°35′28.80″S 27°31′51.52″E / 11.5913333°S 27.5309778°E | ||||||||||
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  FBM Location of Airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo | |||||||||||
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Lubumbashi International Airport (IATA: FBM, ICAO: FZQA) is an airport serving Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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History[edit]
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]
Airlines and destinations[edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Congo Airways | Kananga, Kinshasa, Mbuji–Mayi[4] |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta |
| South African Express | Johannesburg–OR Tambo |
Accidents and incidents[edit]
- 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.[5][6]
- In September 15, 1961, a Katangese Air Force Fouga CM.170 Magister dropped two 100 lb. bombs on the airport, one of which made a direct hit on a DC-4-1009 belonging to Air Katanga with the registration OO-ADN. There were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off.[7]
See also[edit]
- Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
References[edit]
- ^ "Fototeca: Informació foto". www.grec.net. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "UNITED NATIONS: Quiet Man in a Hot Spot". Time. 1960-08-22. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ Photo, UN (1963-01-03). "Troops Secure Road Blocks and Positions around Elisabethville". www.unmultimedia.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ HORAIRE AVEC 1 Q400 DU 06/06 AU 10/07/2016 (Heures locales), http://www.congoairways.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/HORAIRE-1-Q400-2016-V2.0-ok.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ZS-OJD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ "41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO". Warbird Central. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4-1009 OO-ADN Elizabethville Airport (FBM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
External links[edit]
- 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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- Airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Buildings and structures in Lubumbashi
- Katanga Province
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in Central and South Africa
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces
- World War II airfields in the Belgian Congo
- Democratic Republic of the Congo airport stubs
