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Mbuji Mayi Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Mbuji Mayi

17/35
  
1,999

Elevation
  
2,221 m

Operator
  
Government

Elevation AMSL
  
2,221 ft / 677 m

Code
  
MJM

Mbuji Mayi Airport

Location
  
Bipemba, Mbuji Mayi, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Address
  
Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Similar
  
Tabernacle de Mbujimayi, Club MIBA, Tshikisha

Mbuji Mayi Airport (IATA: MJM, ICAO: FZWA) is an airport serving Mbuji Mayi (formerly Bakwanga), the capital of the Kasai-Oriental Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 2,221 feet (677 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,999 by 45 metres (6,558 ft × 148 ft) with poor quality pavement.

Accidents and Incidents

  • On Aug 19, 2015, a Brussels Airlines Boeing 737, operating for Korongo Airlines, sustained damage to its horizontal stabilizer upon landing at Mbuji Mayi Airport due to bad pavement conditions
  • On Dec 24, 2015, a Air Services Cargo Airbus A310 was unable to stop on the runway due to poor pavement conditions and wet runway surface, and exited the runway. A total of 8 people were killed and 9 injured, all on the ground.

    • References

    Mbuji Mayi Airport Wikipedia
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