Chitato Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Angola}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Chitato Airport
| IATA = PGI
| ICAO = FNCH
| type = Public
| city-served = Dundo
| location =
| elevation-f = 2500
| elevation-m =
| coordinates = {{coord|7|21|25|S|20|48|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Angola
| pushpin_label= FNCH
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Chitato Airport in Angola
| r1-number = 13/31
| r1-length-f =
| r1-length-m = 1792
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| metric-rwy = y
| footnotes = Source: Great Circle Mapper{{GCM|PGI}} Landings.com{{cite web|url=http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?FNCH|title=FNCH @ aerobaticsweb.org|publisher= Landings.com|accessdate=31 July 2013}} Google Maps{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.3571134,20.8030117,2022m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}}
}}
Chitato Airport {{airport codes|PGI|FNCH}} is an airport serving Dundo, Angola. The runway is {{convert|3|km}} northwest of the city.
The Chitato (Ident: CH) and Dundo (Ident: DU) non-directional beacons are located south of the field.{{Cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/?ll=-7.4433,20.82533&chart=301&zoom=1|title=SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts|website=skyvector.com|access-date=2017-07-27}}
Dundo is also served by the larger Dundo Airport, which is southwest of the city.
The IATA code refers to the town's colonial name of Portugalía.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VIK7pyAzWVUC&dq=Portug%C3%A1lia+chitato&pg=PA401|title=Gazetteer of Angola: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names|first=Patricia K.|last=Thompson|date=15 July 1986|publisher=Defense Mapping Agency}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|Aviation}}
- List of airports in Angola
- Transport in Angola
References
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External links
- [http://ourairports.com/airports/FNCH/pilot-info.html#general OurAirports - Chitato]
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