Lubango Airport

{{Short description|Airport serving Lubango, Angola}}

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{{Infobox airport

| name = Lubango Mukanka Airport

| nativename = {{lang|pt|Aeroporto de Lubango}}

| image = Lubango Airport.jpg

| image-width = 250

| IATA = SDD

| ICAO = FNUB

|pushpin_map= Angola

|pushpin_mapsize=200

|pushpin_mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg

|pushpin_label=SDD

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Airport in Angola

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator =

| city-served = Lubango

| location =

| elevation-f = 5778

| elevation-m =

|coordinates = {{coord|14|55|30|S|13|34|30|E|region:AO|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 10/28

| r1-length-m = 3150

| r1-length-f =

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Source: DAFIF{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120917220204/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=FNUB Airport information for FNUB]}} from DAFIF (effective October 2006) GCM{{GCM|SDD}} Landings.com{{cite web|url=http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?FNUB|title=FNUB @ aerobaticsweb.org|publisher= Landings.com|accessdate=31 July 2013}} Google Maps{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-14.927,13.575,4685m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}}

}}

Lubango Mukanka Airport ({{langx|pt|Aeroporto de Lubango}}) {{airport codes|SDD|FNUB}} is an airport serving Lubango, the capital city of the Huíla Province in Angola. The Lubango non-directional beacon (Ident: SB) is located {{convert|2.4|km}} east-northeast of the Rwy 28 threshold.{{Cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/?ll=-14.916,13.611&chart=301&zoom=1|title=SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts|website=skyvector.com|access-date=2017-07-27}}

Airlines and destinations

{{airport-dest-list

|TAAG Angola Airlines | Catumbela, Huambo, Luanda, Ondjiva

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Military use

The airport houses four Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircraft.{{cite news |title=Angola Takes Delivery of Four Su-30KN |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/2018/11/14/angola-takes-delivery-four-su-30/ |date=14 November 2018 |publisher=Bellingcat |author=Bellingcat Investigation Team |quote=Four Su-30 multi-role fighters have been delivered to Angola as of October 2018, as confirmed by satellite imagery. The aircraft are part of a $1 billion deal for 12 airframes signed with Russia in 2013. Fresh satellite imagery captured the aircraft parked on the apron at the Lubango civil-military airport in the Huila province.}}

Incidents and accidents

  • On 8 November 1983 a TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff. All 130 passengers and crew on board were killed.{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/327530|title=Unlawful Interference Boeing 737-2M2 D2-TBN, Tuesday 8 November 1983|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=asn.flightsafety.org}}

See also

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