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Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro), (IATA: LAD, ICAO: FNLU) is the main international airport of Angola. It is located in the southern part of the capital Luanda, situated in the Luanda Province. Quatro de Fevereiro means 4th of February, which is an important national holiday in Angola, marking the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime on 4 February 1961. In 2009, about 1.8 million passengers were counted.[1]

Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro
IATA: LAD ICAO: FNLU
Summary
Airport type	Military / Public
Operator	ENANA EP
Location	Luanda, Angola
Hub for	Fly Angola TAAG Angola Airlines
Elevation AMSL	243 ft / 74 m
Coordinates	08°51′30″S 13°13′52″E
Website	luandaairport.com/en/
Map
LAD Location of Airport in Angola Show map of Angola LAD LAD (Africa) Show map of Africa
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,716 12,190 Asphalt 07/25 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 5,600,000 Passenger change 18–19 9.4% Aircraft movements 65,843 Movements change 18–19 1.8%

History

The construction of the airport began in 1951, in order to serve the capital of the former-Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola. It was inaugurated in 1954, by the Portuguese President Craveiro Lopes, which in his honor, the airport was named Aeroporto Presidente Craveiro Lopes (President Craveiro Lopes Airport).

In August, September, and October 1975 the airport hosted tens of thousands of mostly white Portuguese Angolans fleeing to Lisbon (during Operation Air Bridge) who camped-out while awaiting evacuation flights during the weeks before Angola's Independence.[2][3]

Following Angola's independence from Portugal (in November 1975), the airport was renamed Aeroporto Quatro de Fevereiro Internacional (Fourth of February International Airport) to commemorate the events leading to the independence of the state.

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 243 feet (74 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 05/23 is 3,716 by 45 metres (12,192 ft × 148 ft) and 07/25 is 2,600 by 60 metres (8,530 ft × 197 ft).[4] Starting no earlier than 2022,[5] the airport will be replaced by the new Angola International Airport. Construction work has already started, but its opening was postponed due to financial difficulties on the part of the Angolan government.[6]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Luanda Quatro de Fevereiro Airport:[7]

Airlines	Destinations
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Airlink	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
Brussels Airlines	Brussels, Kinshasa–N'djili[8]
Emirates	Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Fly Angola	Benguela, Dundo, Saurimo
Kenya Airways	Brazzaville, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Qatar Airways	Doha
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca (resumes 9 December 2022)[9]
TAAG Angola Airlines[7]	Abidjan, Accra (begins 9 November 2022),[10] Brazzaville, Cabinda,[11] Cape Town, Catumbela, Dundo, Durban (begins 17 November 2022),[10] Harare, Huambo, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kinshasa–N'djili, Kuito, Lagos, Lisbon, Lubango, Luena, Lusaka, Madrid,[12] Maputo, Menongue, Moçâmedes, Ondjiva, Pointe-Noire (begins 12 December 2022),[13] Sal, São Paulo–Guarulhos, São Tomé, Saurimo, Soyo, Uíge,[14] Windhoek–Hosea Kutako Seasonal: Havana ,[15] Porto (resumes 12 December 2022)[16]
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[17]

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo (metric tons)	Change from previous year
2005	882,749	18.15%	28,382	17.31%	19,975	23.35%
2006	1,128,442	27.83%	22,213	21.74%	33,876	69.59%
2007	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
2008	2,222,638	N.A.	68,000	N.A.	42,614	N.A.
2009	2,430,794	9.37%	65,843	3.17%	53,339	25.17%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2009)

Accidents and incidents

• On 26 March 1979, a cargo-configured Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 DM-STL overshot the runway following an engine failure during the take-off run. The aircraft broke up and erupted into flames, killing the ten people on board.[18][19]
• On 12 February 2000, a Transafrik International cargo Boeing 727 crashed upon landing on runway 23. Due to high winds gusting to between 50 and 80 knots, the aircraft had executed a missed approach, and upon the landing flare of the second attempt, witnesses saw the right wing touch the ground.^{[citation needed]}
• On 25 May 2003, a Boeing 727-223 with the registration number N844AA, which had been parked at the airport for over a year, was stolen in mysterious circumstances, and has never been found as of August 2022.[20]
• On 27 June 2009, a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER G-RAES was damaged, while it was parked, by a collision with a Hainan Airlines Airbus A340-600 B-6510.[21][22]
• On 31 January 2010, Guicango Yakovlev Yak-40 D2-FES suffered the collapse of all landing gears on landing after a flight from Cabinda.[23]

References

External links

Media related to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Current weather for FNLU at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for LAD at Aviation Safety Network
• Luanda Airport website by the operator ENANA EP

На других языках

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[de] Aeroporto Internacional Quatro de Fevereiro

Der Flughafen Luanda oder Aeroporto Internacional Quatro de Fevereiro ist gegenwärtig der größte Flughafen im afrikanischen Staat Angola. Er liegt im Stadtteil Maianga und knapp vier Kilometer vom Zentrum der Hauptstadt Luanda entfernt. Im Bau befindet sich allerdings der Angola International Airport, der später den größten Teil des internationalen Flugverkehrs aufnehmen soll.

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- [en] Quatro de Fevereiro Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional Quatro de Fevereiro

El Aeropuerto Internacional Quatro de Fevereiro sirve a la ciudad de Luanda, capital de Angola, cuenta con vuelos internacionales a más de 22 destinos y las principales aerolíneas del mundo empiezan arribar a este destino.

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[fr] Aéroport international Quatro de Fevereiro

L'aéroport international Quatro de Fevereiro (code IATA : LAD • code OACI : FNLU) est un aéroport angolais situé à Luanda, la capitale du pays.

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[it] Aeroporto di Luanda-4 de Fevereiro

L'Aeroporto di Luanda-4 de Fevereiro,[2] anche noto con il nome commerciale di Luanda International Airport, è un aeroporto definito come internazionale dall'Instituto Nacional de Aviação Civil e situato in Africa centrale nell'area urbana di Luanda, la capitale dell'Angola. L'aeroporto è intitolato alla ricorrenza del 4 febbraio 1961, Giornata dell'avvio della Lotta Armata contro la Repressione Coloniale,[3] ed è hub per le compagnie aeree locali TAAG Angola Airlines, Air Gemini e SonAir.

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