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==History==
==History==
Lubumbashi International Airport was founded in colonial times as the '''Elisabethville Airport'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grec.net/cgibin/fotcl.pgm?NUMIL=0056163&COL=7|title=Fototeca: Informació foto|website=www.grec.net|access-date=2017-09-17}}</ref>
Lubumbashi International Airport was founded in colonial times as the ''Elisabethville Airport''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grec.net/cgibin/fotcl.pgm?NUMIL=0056163&COL=7|title=Fototeca: Informació foto|website=www.grec.net|access-date=2017-09-17}}</ref> It was also known as ''Luano Airport''. This airport played a high-profile role during the [[Katanga Crisis|Katanga war]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869799,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201082152/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869799,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2008|title=UNITED NATIONS: Quiet Man in a Hot Spot|date=1960-08-22|magazine=Time|access-date=2017-09-17|language=en-US|issn=0040-781X}}</ref> After it was seized by the [[United Nations Operation in the Congo|United Nations Force in the Congo]] (ONUC) troops, the airport was used as a base against the secessionist government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail/723/0072379.html|title=Troops Secure Road Blocks and Positions around Elisabethville|last=Photo|first=UN|date=1963-01-03|website=www.unmultimedia.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-17}}</ref>
It was also known as Luano airport.

This airport played a high-profile role during the [[Katanga Crisis|Katanga war]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869799,00.html|title=UNITED NATIONS: Quiet Man in a Hot Spot|date=1960-08-22|work=Time|access-date=2017-09-17|language=en-US|issn=0040-781X}}</ref> After it was seized by the [[United Nations Operation in the Congo|United Nations Force in the Congo]] (ONUC) troops, the airport was used as a base against the secessionist government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail/723/0072379.html|title=Troops Secure Road Blocks and Positions around Elisabethville|last=Photo|first=UN|date=1963-01-03|website=www.unmultimedia.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-17}}</ref>


==Airlines and destinations==
==Airlines and destinations==
===Passenger===
===Passenger===
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| [[Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation]] | [[Kalemie Airport|Kalemie]], [[Kamina Airport|Kamina]],<ref name="March2014"/> [[N'djili Airport|Kinshasa–N'djili]], [[Kolwezi Airport|Kolwezi]],<ref name="March2014">March 2014 Timetable, http://www.caacongo.com/horaires-20-mars-2014.pdf</ref> [[Mbuji Mayi Airport|Mbuji Mayi]]
| [[Air Congo]] | [[Kalemie Airport|Kalemie]], [[N'djili Airport|Kinshasa–N'djili]], [[Kolwezi Airport|Kolwezi]], [[Mbuji Mayi Airport|Mbuji-Mayi]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241111-et8zdec24 |title=Air Congo/Ethiopian Airlines Outlines Planned Network From Dec 2024 |last= |first= |date=11 November 2024 |website= |publisher=Aeroroutes |access-date=13 November 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
| [[Airlink]] | [[OR Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flyairlink.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/SkyMar%20pg38-41_1.pdf|title=Airlink Flight Schedule Guide}}</ref>
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| [[Congo Airways]] | [[OR Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg–OR Tambo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278843/congo-airways-adds-new-african-destinations-in-may-2018/|title=Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018|publisher=routesonline|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref> [[Kananga Airport|Kananga]], [[N'djili Airport|Kinshasa–N'djili]], [[Mbuji Mayi Airport|Mbuji-Mayi]]<ref>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{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[Air Tanzania]] | [[Julius Nyerere International Airport|Dar es Salaam]]<ref name="lumndo">{{cite news |title=Air Tanzania launches direct flights to Lubumbashi |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/business/air-tanzania-launches-direct-flights-to-lubumbashi-3623318 |access-date=18 November 2021 |agency=The Citizen |date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Ethiopian Airlines]]| [[Bole International Airport|Addis Ababa]]
| {{nowrap|[[Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation]]}} | [[Kalemie Airport|Kalemie]], [[Kamina Airport|Kamina]],<ref name="March2014"/> [[N'djili Airport|Kinshasa–N'djili]], [[Kolwezi Airport|Kolwezi]],<ref name="March2014">March 2014 Timetable, http://www.caacongo.com/horaires-20-mars-2014.pdf</ref> [[Mbuji Mayi Airport|Mbuji-Mayi]]
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|[[Kenya Airways]]| [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta]]<!--KQ do not have traffic rights from Lubumbashi to Ndola; do not add Ndola as a Kenya Airways destination here -->
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| [[Congo Airways]] | [[OR Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278843/congo-airways-adds-new-african-destinations-in-may-2018/|title=Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018|publisher=routesonline|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> [[Kananga Airport|Kananga]], [[N'djili Airport|Kinshasa–N'djili]], [[Mbuji Mayi Airport|Mbuji-Mayi]]<ref>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{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|[[Mahogany Air]]|[[Kenneth Kaunda International Airport|Lusaka]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019 |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2019/03/14/lusambo-launches-mahogany-air-lusaka-lubumbashi-flight/ |accessdate=10 May 2020 |publisher=Lusaka Times}}</ref> [[Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport|Ndola]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019 |url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/mahogany-air-commences-lusaka-ndola-lubumbashi-service-888119 |accessdate=10 May 2020 |publisher=CAPA}}</ref>|
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| [[Ethiopian Airlines]] | [[Bole International Airport|Addis Ababa]]
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| [[Kenya Airways]] | [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta]]<!--KQ do not have traffic rights from Lubumbashi to Ndola; do not add Ndola as a Kenya Airways destination here -->
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|[[Mahogany Air]] | [[Kenneth Kaunda International Airport|Lusaka]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019 |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2019/03/14/lusambo-launches-mahogany-air-lusaka-lubumbashi-flight/ |access-date=10 May 2020 |publisher=Lusaka Times}}</ref> [[Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport|Ndola]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019 |url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/mahogany-air-commences-lusaka-ndola-lubumbashi-service-888119 |access-date=10 May 2020 |publisher=CAPA}}</ref>
| [[RwandAir]] | [[Kigali International Airport|Kigali]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/296704/rwandair-to-launch-two-new-routes-to-the-drc/|title=RwandAir to launch two new routes to the DRC|date=13 September 2021}}</ref>
| [[South African Airways]] | [[O. R. Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo]]<ref>{{cite web |title=South African Airways to Resume Lubumbashi Service in NW24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240731-sanw24fbm |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref>
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==Accidents and incidents==
==Accidents and incidents==
*In December 2001, Air Katanga [[Douglas DC-3|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]].<ref name=ASN1201>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20011299-0 |title=ZS-OJD Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=21 June 2010}}</ref><ref name=ZSOJD>{{cite web|url=http://www.warbird-central.com/%28S%28aole1t55c0jxj5myo5hblb55%29%29/Default.aspx?Page=C-53%20Skytrooper%20-%20Serials&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |title=41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO |publisher=Warbird Central |accessdate=21 June 2010}}</ref>
*In December 2001, Air Katanga [[Douglas DC-3|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]].<ref name=ASN1201>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20011299-0 |title=ZS-OJD Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=21 June 2010}}</ref><ref name=ZSOJD>{{cite web|url=http://www.warbird-central.com/%28S%28aole1t55c0jxj5myo5hblb55%29%29/Default.aspx?Page=C-53%20Skytrooper%20-%20Serials&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |title=41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO |publisher=Warbird Central |access-date=21 June 2010}}</ref>
*In September 15, 1961, a [[State of Katanga|Katangese Air Force]] [[Fouga CM.170 Magister]] dropped two 100 lb. bombs on the airport, one of which made a direct hit on a [[Douglas DC-4|DC-4-1009]] belonging to Air Katanga with the registration OO-ADN. There were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610915-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4-1009 OO-ADN Elizabethville Airport (FBM)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2017-08-26}}</ref>
*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 [[Douglas DC-4|DC-4-1009]] belonging to Air Katanga with the registration OO-ADN. There were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610915-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4-1009 OO-ADN Elizabethville Airport (FBM)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2017-08-26}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 00:36, 5 December 2024

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 / 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

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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

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Congo Kalemie, Kinshasa–N'djili, Kolwezi, Mbuji-Mayi[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
Mahogany Air Lusaka,[10] Ndola[11]
RwandAir Kigali[12]
South African Airways Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[13]

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux[14] Luxembourg

Accidents and incidents

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  • 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.[15][16]
  • 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.[17]

See also

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References

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  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/Ethiopian Airlines Outlines Planned Network From Dec 2024". Aeroroutes. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  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. ^ "Lusambo launches Mahogany Air Lusaka-Lubumbashi flight, 14 March 2019". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Mahogany Air commences Lusaka-Ndola-Lubumbashi service, 18 March 2019". CAPA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  12. ^ "RwandAir to launch two new routes to the DRC". 13 September 2021.
  13. ^ "South African Airways to Resume Lubumbashi Service in NW24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  14. ^ cargolux.com - Network & Offices retrieved 31 December 2022
  15. ^ "ZS-OJD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  16. ^ "41-20045 ... 41-20136 Douglas C-53-DO". Warbird Central. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  17. ^ 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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