Ndjili Airport
| Aéroport international de Ndjili | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | FZAA |
| IATA code | FIH |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 310 m (1017 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 6 km east of Kimbanseke, 10 km east of Ndjili |
| Street | N1, boulevard Lumumba |
| train | Ndjili Aéroport |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1954 |
| operator | Régie des Voies Aériennes de la République Démocratique du Congo (RVA) |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 672,500 (2009) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 06/24 threshold 24 offset by 1400 m |
3300 m × 60 m concrete |
The international airport Aéroport international de Ndjili is one of the two airports in the province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
It is the seat of the largest airlines in the country, Congo Airways , flyCAA and Wimbi Dira Airways . In addition, the airport was the hub of some airlines that no longer exist, such as Bravo Air Congo or Hewa Bora Airways . The airport is connected to Kinshasa by the Kinshasa light rail . The airport complex is in very poor condition and still largely uses the infrastructure of the Belgian colonial era. In 1998 a decisive battle of the Second Congo War took place in and around the airport area , which seriously affected the airport. In 2015 a new international terminal was built, which will serve to handle around one million passengers.
In 2004, 516,345 passengers were handled at the airport. In 2009 there were 672,347 passengers.
While the space shuttle was in operation, the airport was a possible emergency landing site in the event of an unscheduled landing.
Surname
In addition to the spelling Ndjili , N'Djili is also used. Contrary to its name, the airport is located in the municipality of Nsele and is separated from the municipality of Ndjili by the two municipalities of Masina and Kimbanseke. The airport is named after the nearby Ndjili River .
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N'Djili airport
Old Air Traffic Control Tower (2007)
N'Djili airport at night
The new terminal (2018)
See also
Incidents
- On November 29, 1964, a Douglas DC-4 of Air Congo ( aircraft registration number OO-DEP ) crashed after taking off in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa). The aircraft leased from Belgian International Air Services had previously collided with an oil drum that was lying on the runway. Parts of the right horizontal stabilizer were torn off. Six people were killed in the accident. Another passenger later succumbed to burn injuries in the hospital (see also Air Congo flight accident involving a Douglas DC-4 ) .
- On February 9, 1999, all seven occupants died one L-188 Lockheed Electra the Air Karibu (9Q-CDI) , which had been chartered by the Congolese armed forces to fuel, live ammunition and bombs from Kinshasa to Mbandaka to transport. The aircraft, which was overloaded by six tons, suffered damage to engine no. 3 shortly after take-off, which then had to be switched off. The captain attempted to return to the airport, but the plane lost altitude and control was lost. The machine crashed about three minutes after taking off. A decisive factor in the accident was the fact that an underqualified crew was used: Since no first officer was present, the flight engineer performed the duties of the first officer and a ground mechanic performed the duties of the flight engineer (see also the flight accident of a Lockheed L-188 Electra Air Karibu ) .
- On December 20, 2018, an Antonov AN-26B of the Gomair (9S-AGB) with 7 (according to other reports 8) crew members on board, who was underway on behalf of the Central Electoral National Independent Commission (CENI), had a brief accident for a previously unknown cause before approaching runway 06 at Ndjili Airport, killing everyone on board. No search was started by the authorities, but the machine was found about 24 hours later by locals who confirmed the death of the crew.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Portail Officiel de la Regie des Voies Aériennes. (No longer available online.) In: rva-rdc.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015 ; Retrieved March 18, 2015 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ndjili International Airport (FIH). In: laenderdaten.info. Retrieved November 3, 2018 .
- ↑ ACI WORLD AIRPORT TRAFFIC REPORT 2009 ( Memento of August 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Airports Council International, August 2010. ISBN 978-2-88909-008-2
- ^ Justine Whitman: Space Shuttle Abort Modes. Aerospaceweb.org, June 25, 2006, accessed October 7, 2011 .
- ↑ Juakali Kambale: By the Rivers of Kinshasa Town . In: The EastAfrican . June 14, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ↑ ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No. 16-III Circular 82-AN / 69, page 125 ff.
- ^ Accident report L-188A 9Q-CDI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 1, 2020.
- ^ Accident report AN-26B 9S-AGB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 1, 2019.
