Lubumbashi International Airport
IATA: FBM – ICAO: FZQA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Lubumbashi
Elevation AMSL		4,295 ft / 1,197 m
Coordinates		11°35′28.80″S 27°31′51.52″E / 11.591333°S 27.5309778°E / -11.591333; 27.5309778Coordinates: 11°35′28.80″S 27°31′51.52″E / 11.591333°S 27.5309778°E / -11.591333; 27.5309778
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
07/25	10,623	3,203	Asphalt

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

Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 History 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Zimbabwe	Harare, Lusaka
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation	Kinshasa
Ethiopian Airlines	Harare, Lilongwe, Addis Ababa
Hewa Bora Airways	Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Kolwezi, Mbuji-Mayi
Kenya Airways	Harare, Nairobi
Malift Air	Kinshasa
South African Airways operated by South African Express	Johannesburg
Wimbi Dira Airways	Johannesburg, Kananga, Kinshasa, Mbuji-Mayi
Zambia Skyways	Lusaka

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

[edit] 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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