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Kavumu Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Bukavu, DRC

17/35
  
2,000

Code
  
BKY

Phone
  
+243 970 412 080

Operator
  
Government

Elevation AMSL
  
5,643 ft / 1,720 m

2,000
  
6,562

Elevation
  
1,720 m

Kavumu Airport

Address
  
Kavumu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Similar
  
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Kavumu Airport (IATA: BKY, ICAO: FZMA) is the domestic airport serving Bukavu, the capital city of the Sud-Kivu (South Kivu) province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is located about 25 km (16 mi) north of Bukavu.

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Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 5,643 feet (1,720 m) above mean sea level. It has one 2,000 by 45 metres (6,562 ft × 148 ft) runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 1 September 2008 a Beechcraft 1900C-1 registered as ZS-OLD operated by CEM Air for the charity Air Serv International was 15 km out on approach to Bukavu when it flew into a steep ridge on Mount Kahuzi at 10,000 ft near Bukavu-Kavum. All 15 passengers and 2 crew aboard were killed.
  • On 14 February 2011 a LET L-410 registered 9Q-CIF of African Air Services Commuter flying a cargo flight on behalf of the World Food Programme from Kavumu to Lusenge (near Kava) crashed shortly after departure from Kavumu. The aircraft impacted Mont Bienga, killing both the Ukrainian pilot and Congolese co-pilot, and destroying the aircraft.
  • On 12 February 2012, a Gulfstream IV business jet carrying then-finance minister (and future prime minister) of the DRC, Augustin Matata Ponyo, crashed while landing at Kavumu airport. The crash killed both pilots and two passengers as well as two farmers on the ground, while two passengers including Ponyo survived with injuries.

    • References

    Kavumu Airport Wikipedia
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