Lubumbashi International Airport

Lubumbashi International Airport (IATA: FBM, ICAO: FZQA) is an airport serving Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Lubumbashi International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesLubumbashi
LocationLubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation AMSL4,295 ft / 1,309 m
Coordinates11°35′28.80″S 27°31′51.52″E
Websitelubumbashiairport.com
Map
FBM
Location of Airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,203 10,509 Asphalt

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
AirlinesDestinations
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 AirLusaka,[6] Ndola[7]

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
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]

See also

References
  1. "Fototeca: Informació foto". www.grec.net. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  2. "UNITED NATIONS: Quiet Man in a Hot Spot". Time. 1960-08-22. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  3. Photo, UN (1963-01-03). "Troops Secure Road Blocks and Positions around Elisabethville". www.unmultimedia.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  4. "Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. 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
  6. "Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. "Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019". CAPA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  8. "ZS-OJD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  9. "41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO". Warbird Central. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  10. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4-1009 OO-ADN Elizabethville Airport (FBM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-08-26.

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