Lubango Airport
Encyclopedia
Lubango Mukanka Airport is an airport
serving Lubango
, the capital city
of the Huíla Province in Angola
.
of 5778 feet (1,761 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 10/28 with an asphalt
surface measuring 2917 by 45 m (9,570.2 by 147.6 ).
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Lubango
Lubango
Lubango is the capital city of the Angolan province of Huíla. Its last known population was 100,757. Until 1975, the city's official name was Sá da Bandeira.-Portuguese rule:...
, the capital city
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of the Huíla Province in Angola
Angola
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.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 5778 feet (1,761 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 10/28 with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface measuring 2917 by 45 m (9,570.2 by 147.6 ).
Airlines and destinations
Incidents
- On 8 November, 1983 a TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 7371983 TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crashThe 1983 TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crash occurred just after a Boeing 737-200 took off from the Angolan city of Lubango's airport on a domestic flight to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport on 8 November 1983. The aircraft had 126 passengers and four crew on board...
crashed shortly after takeoff. All 130 passengers and crew on board were killed.