Kongolo Airport | |
Iata: | KOO |
Icao: | FZRQ |
City-Served: | Kongolo, DR Congo |
Elevation-F: | 1850 |
Coordinates: | -5.3944°N 26.9903°W |
Pushpin Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Pushpin Label: | KOO |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kongolo Airport in the DR Congo |
R1-Number: | 11/29 |
R1-Length-M: | 1900 |
R1-Surface: | Gravel |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Footnotes: | Sources: GCM Google Map[1] |
Kongolo Airport is an airport serving the Lualaba River city of Kongolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
After experiencing engine trouble about ten minutes after takeoff from Kongolo Airport on 26 August 2007, an Antonov An-32B operated by the Great Lakes Business Company struck trees and crashed short of the runway while attempting to return to the airport, killing 14 of the 15 people on board.[2]