N'djili Airport
Aéroport de N'djili
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N'djili Airport, September 2022
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Location | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||||||
Hub for | Congo Airways | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 313 m / 1,027 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 04°23′08.7″S 15°26′40.45″E / 4.385750°S 15.4445694°E / -4.385750; 15.4445694 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Location of Airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo | |||||||||||
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N'djili Airport (IATA: FIH, ICAO: FZAA) (French: Aéroport de N'djili pronounced [a.e.ʁɔ.pɔʁ də n‿dʒi.li]), also known as N'Djili International Airport and Kinshasa International Airport, serves the city of Kinshasa and is the largest of the four international airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is named after the nearby Ndjili River.[1]
The airport was inaugurated in 1959, mainly used as a secondary hub for SABENA until 1960 when the Democratic Republic of the Congo became independent, then becoming a major hub for Air Congo.
In 1998 N'Djili airport was the site of one of the decisive battles of the Second Congo War. Rebel forces advancing on Kinshasa infiltrated the airport perimeter but were repelled by Zimbabwean troops and aircraft arriving to support the government of Laurent Kabila.[2]
In June 2015, a new international terminal was opened which can service one million passengers per year. Some computerized upgrades to the arrivals terminal have been implemented in recent years, although corruption remains a problem.[3][4]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Cargolux[19] | Luxembourg |
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo[20] | Addis Ababa |
Turkish Cargo[21] | Istanbul, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta |
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Media related to N'djili Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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