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Airport type
  
Public

11/29
  
1,380

4,528
  
Asphalt

Code
  
FDU

Elevation AMSL
  
1,053 ft / 321 m

1,380
  
4,528

Elevation
  
321 m

Bandundu Airport

Location
  
Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Address
  
Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bandundu Airport (IATA: FDU, ICAO: FZBO) is an airport serving Bandundu, a city in the Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,053 feet (321 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,380 by 30 metres (4,528 ft × 98 ft).

Cargo airlines

  • Cargo Bull Aviation

    • Accidents and incidents

    Two occurrences are reported to have occurred on 17 July 2007 at Bandundu. The reports may refer to the same occurrence with factual errors:

  • In one report, a Let-410UVP, tail number 9Q-CIM of Cargo Bull Aviation suffered a bird strike and crashed with no injuries but aircraft written off.
  • In the other report an Antonov (either an An-24 or An-32) that had stopped en route from Kinshasa N'Dolo Airport to Nioki Airport lost its number 1 engine during initial climb and crashed 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Bandundu with substantial damage but no injuries. Another report has this occurring the next day with a minor injury to an Austrian pilot. Another identifies the operator as Malift Air, the date as 18 July, the failure as an engine explosion during landing, and the aircraft destroyed.

    • References

    Bandundu Airport Wikipedia
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