Lubumbashi International Airport

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

Lubumbashi International Airport
IATA: FBM ICAO: FZQA
Summary
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 / -11.5913333; 27.5309778
Website	lubumbashiairport.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

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

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Cargolux^[12]	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.^[13][14]
• On 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.^[15]

See also

• Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

1. "Fototeca: Informació foto". www.grec.net. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
2. . 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. "Airlink Flight Schedule Guide" (PDF).
5. "Air Tanzania launches direct flights to Lubumbashi". The Citizen. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
6. March 2014 Timetable, http://www.caacongo.com/horaires-20-mars-2014.pdf
7. "Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
8. 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]}
9. "Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
10. "Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019". CAPA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
11. "RwandAir to launch two new routes to the DRC". 13 September 2021.
12. cargolux.com - Network & Offices retrieved 31 December 2022
13. "ZS-OJD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
14. "41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO". Warbird Central. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
15. 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.

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