Lubumbashi International Airport
Lubumbashi International Airport (IATA: FBM, ICAO: FZQA) is an airport serving Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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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 | ||||||||||
Website | lubumbashiairport | ||||||||||
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FBM Location of Airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo | |||||||||||
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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]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines | Destinations |
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Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation | Kalemie, Kinshasa–N'djili, Mbuji Mayi |
Congo Airways | Johannesburg–OR Tambo,[4] Kananga, Kinshasa–N'djili, Mbuji-Mayi[5] |
Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
Kenya Airways | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta |
Mahogany Air | Lusaka,[6] Ndola[7] |
Cargo
Airlines | Destinations |
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Cargolux | Luxembourg |
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.[8][9]
- 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.[10]
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See also
References
- "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.
- "Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- 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%5B%5D
- "Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019". CAPA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "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.
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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