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 Orbital Transport und Raketen AG (OTRAG) until 1979 with the blessing and support of Mobutu then President of Zaïre (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). Many webpages and documentaries are available about this extraordinary experience.