N'Dolo Airport , also known as Ndolo Airport, is a secondary airport in the city of
Kinshasa
Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of ...
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, located in the commune of
Barumbu
Barumbu is a municipality (''commune'') in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is situated in the north of Kinshasa, south of Gombe and the Boulevard du 30 Juin. Barumbu is historicall ...
near the city center.
The ''Aviation militaire de la
Force Publique
The ''Force Publique'' (, "Public Force"; nl, Openbare Weermacht) was a gendarmerie and military force in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1885 (when the territory was known as the Congo Free State), through the period of ...
'' was established here in October 1940 with requisitioned aircraft.
The airline
Air Kasaï
Air Kasaï is an airline with its head office on the property of N'Dolo Airport in Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It operates charter services within Africa. Its main base is N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa.
The airline is banne ...
had its head office on the airport property.
Nos Contacts
." Air Kasaï. Retrieved on 4 March 2013.
Runways are limited to aircraft under since the disastrous crash of January 8, 1996, in which an Antonov An-32 aborted takeoff and overran the runway into a market.
Runway length includes a displaced threshold A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway.
The portion of the runway behind a displaced threshold may be used for takeoff in either direction and landings from t ...
on Runway 08.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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*Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ground transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has always been difficult. The terrain and climate of the Congo Basin present serious barriers to road and rail construction, and the distances are enormous across this vast country ...
*List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This is a list of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sorted by location.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
See also
* Transport in the Democratic Republic ...
References
External links
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OpenStreetMap - Ndolo Airport
Airports in Kinshasa
Buildings and structures in Kinshasa
Lukunga District
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