Luvua Airport | |
Icao: | FZRO |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Luvua |
Elevation-F: | 4298 |
Coordinates: | -7.9306°N 28.5292°W |
Pushpin Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Pushpin Label: | FZRO |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo |
R1-Number: | 16/34 |
R1-Length-M: | 1900 |
R1-Surface: | Grass |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Footnotes: | Sources: Google Maps[1] GCM |
Luvua Airport is an airstrip atop a mesa overlooking the Luvua River in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Built and used by the OTRAG (German: Orbital Transport und Raketen AG) until 1979 with the blessing and support of Mobutu, then President of Zaïre (now Democratic Republic of the Congo).