Kamina Airport Explained

Kamina Airport Aéroport de Kamina-Ville
Nativename:	Kamina Ville Airport
Iata:	KMN
Icao:	FZSB
Pushpin Map:	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pushpin Label:	KMN
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates:	-8.7286°N 24.9914°W
Type:	Public
City-Served:	Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation-F:	3474
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	10/28
R1-Length-M:	1470
R1-Surface:	Dirt
Footnotes:	Source: GCM Google Maps^[1]

Kamina Airport (French: Aéroport de Kamina) is an airport serving Kamina, a city in Haut-Lomami Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kamina Airport is separate from the larger military Kamina Air Base VOR (Ident: KMB) which is located 16.4nmi east-northeast of the airport.^[2]

Accidents and incidents

• On June 21, 2007, a Let-410 twin turboprop operated by Karibu Airways crashed into a swamp shortly after taking off from Kamina Airport. One passenger, Mbuyu Mibanga, a member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was killed. At least 12 more were injured, including two Congolese doctors working for the World Health Organization.

See also

• Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

External links

• Kamina Airport at OpenStreetMap
• Ville Airport at OurAirports
  • Kamina Airport at FallingRain

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kamina Airport. Google Maps. Google. 25 April 2018.
2. Web site: Kamina Base VOR (KMB) @ OurAirports. ourairports.com. 2018-08-20.