Negage Airport Explained

Negage Airport
Iata:GXG
Icao:FNNG
Pushpin Map:Angola
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Negage Airport in Angola
Pushpin Label:GXG
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Public
City-Served:Negage, Angola
Elevation-F:4105
Coordinates:-7.7542°N 15.2875°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-M:2400
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:09/27
R2-Length-M:800
R2-Surface:Dirt
Footnotes:Source: DAFIF[1] GCM Landings.com[2] Google Maps[3]

Negage Airport is an airport serving Negage, a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola. It was formerly a Portuguese military airbase.

The Negage non-directional beacon (Ident NG) is reportedly on the airfield.[4]

History

The present airport was built by the Portuguese Air Force, being inaugurated on 7 February 1961, as the Aerodrome-Base nº 3 (AB3, Aeródromo-Base nº 3). The base had an important role during the Angolan War of Independence. Besides the main airfield at Negage, the AB3 also controlled two satellite maneuver airfields, one at Maquela do Zombo (AM31) and the other at Toto (AM32).

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Notes and References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Web site: FNNG @ aerobaticsweb.org. Landings.com. 31 July 2013.
  3. https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.7545261,15.2885405,3656m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Negage
  4. Web site: World Aero Data: Navaid NEGAGE NDB -- NG. https://web.archive.org/web/20060601162253/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?nav=NEGAGE&nav_id=NG&nav_type=5. usurped. 1 June 2006. worldaerodata.com. 2017-07-27.