Kinshasa International Airport

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Kinshasa N'Djili International Airport Aéroport international de Ndjili
IATA: FIH - ICAO: FZAA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Kinshasa
Elevation AMSL		1,027 ft (313 m)
Coordinates		04°23′08.7″S, 15°26′40.45″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	15,420	4,700	Concrete

N'Djili International Airport (IATA: FIH, ICAO: FZAA), also known as Kinshasa International Airport, serves the city of Kinshasa and is the largest of the four international airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves as hub for the three largest airlines in the DRC, namely Bravo Air Congo, Hewa Bora Airways and Wimbi Dira Airways.

In 2004, the airport served 516,345 passengers (+17.9% vs. '03).

It is an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Air Zimbabwe (Dubai, Harare, Lubumbashi)
• Benin Golf Air (Cotonou, Pointe-Noire)
• Brussels Airlines (Brussels, Douala, Luanda, Yaounde)
• Business Aviation (Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire)
• Cameroon Airlines (Douala, Johannesburg)
• Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (Basankusu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kananga, Kikwit, Kisangani, Lisala, Lodja, Lubumbashi, Mbandaka, Mbuji Mayi, Tshikapa)
• Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa)
• Hewa Bora Airways (Douala, Gemena, Goma, Johannesburg, Lagos, Kananga, Kisangani, Lomé, Lubumbashi, Mbuji Mayi)
• Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (Bunia, Lubumbashi, Mbandaka)
  

  

  Terminal building at Kinshasa International Airport
• Kenya Airways (Nairobi)
• Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
• South African Airways (Johannesburg)
• TAAG Angola Airlines (Luanda)
• Trans Service Airlift
• Wimbi Dira Airways (Gbdolite, Gemena, Goma, Isiro, Johannesburg, Kananga, Kindu, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Mbandaka, Mbuji Mayi,)

[edit] Accidents and incidents

• 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash

[edit] External links

• Airport information for FZAA at World Aero Data