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

Bandundu Airport
IATA: FDU ICAO: FZBO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation AMSL	1,053 ft / 321 m
Coordinates	3°18′40″S 17°22′54″E
Map
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

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

• Transport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of airports in Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Bandundu
• OurAirports - Bandundu Airport
• SkyVector - Bandundu Airport
• FallingRain - Bandundu Airport
• Accident history for Bandundu Airport at Aviation Safety Network

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[fr] Aéroport de Bandundu