| Pepa Airport | |
| Icao: | FZRJ |
| City-Served: | Pepa |
| Location: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Elevation-F: | 6562 |
| Coordinates: | -7.7153°N 29.8099°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Pushpin Label: | FZRJ |
| R1-Number: | 18/36 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1760 |
| R1-Surface: | Grass |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| Footnotes: | Sources: GCM Google Maps[1] |
Pepa Airport is an airstrip 3km (02miles) east of the village of Pepa in Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
In April 2000, during the Second Congo War (1998-2003),a Rwandan Air Force Antonov An-8 crashed on take-off from the airstrip, killing the crew of four and about 20 Rwandan soldiers, including a Rwanda Army major, two captains, and two lieutenants. Other reports placed the death toll as high as 57.
The cause was thought to be a birdstrike.[3]