Lubumbashi International Airport

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Lubumbashi International Airport

Aéroport international de Lubumbashi
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 / 11.5913333°S 27.5309778°E / -11.5913333; 27.5309778
Websitelubumbashiairport.com
Map
FBM is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
FBM
FBM
Location of Airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,203 10,509 Asphalt

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

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
Air Congo Kinshasa–N'djili[4]
Airlink Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[5]
Air Tanzania Dar es Salaam[6]
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Kalemie, Kamina,[7] Kinshasa–N'djili, Kolwezi,[7] Mbuji-Mayi
Congo Airways Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo,[8] Kananga, Kinshasa–N'djili, Mbuji-Mayi[9]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[10]
Mahogany Air Lusaka,[11] Ndola[12]
RwandAir Kigali[13]
South African Airways Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[14]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux[15] 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.[16][17]
  • On 15 September 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.[18]

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. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. 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. ^ "Air Congo 1Q25 Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Airlink Flight Schedule Guide" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Air Tanzania launches direct flights to Lubumbashi". The Citizen. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b March 2014 Timetable, http://www.caacongo.com/horaires-20-mars-2014.pdf
  8. ^ "Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  9. ^ 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]
  10. ^ Liu, Jim (25 March 2025). "Kenya Airways NS25 International Service Changes – 23MAR25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019". CAPA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  13. ^ "RwandAir to launch two new routes to the DRC". 13 September 2021.
  14. ^ "South African Airways to Resume Lubumbashi Service in NW24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  15. ^ cargolux.com - Network & Offices retrieved 31 December 2022
  16. ^ "ZS-OJD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  17. ^ "41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO". Warbird Central. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  18. ^ 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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