Bandundu Airport

Bandundu Airport (IATA: FDU, ICAO: FZBO) (French: Aéroport de Bandundu) is an airport serving Bandundu, capital of the Kwilu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bandundu Airport

Aéroport de Bandundu
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationBandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation AMSL1,053 ft / 321 m
Coordinates3°18′40″S 17°22′54″E
Map
FDU is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
FDU
FDU
Location in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,375 4,511 Asphalt
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2]

The Bandundu non-directional beacon (Ident: BAN) is located on the field.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Kin Avia Kinshasa–N'Dolo

Cargo
  • Cargo Bull Aviation

Accidents and incidents

Two occurrences are reported to have occurred on 17 July 2007 at Bandundu. The reports may refer to the same occurrence with factual errors:

  • In one report, a Let-410UVP, tail number 9Q-CIM of Cargo Bull Aviation suffered a bird strike and crashed with no injuries but aircraft written off.[4]
  • In the other report an Antonov (either an An-24 or An-32) that had stopped en route from Kinshasa N'Dolo Airport to Nioki Airport lost its number 1 engine during initial climb and crashed 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Bandundu with substantial damage but no injuries.[5] Another report has this occurring the next day with a minor injury to an Austrian pilot.[6] Another identifies the operator as Malift Air, the date as 18 July, the failure as an engine explosion during landing, and the aircraft destroyed.[7][8]

In 2010, a Let-410 of Filair crashed near the airfield.

See also

References
  1. Airport information for Bandundu Airport Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - World Aero Data
  2. Airport information for Bandundu Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Bandundu NDB (BAN) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  4. Let 410UVP, Cargo Bull Aviation. Aviation Safety Network. 18 July 2007.
  5. Antonov 24: Malift Air. Aviation Safety Network. 18 Jul 2007.
  6. Recent Incidents / Accidents. JACDEC. July 2007.
  7. Accidents & Incidents. Air Safety Week. 30 July 2007.
  8. (in French) Accident d'avion dans le sud de la Rép. Dém. du Congo. Crash-Aerien.com. 19 July 2007.


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