Lubango Airport

Lubango Mukanka Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Lubango) (IATA: SDD, ICAO: FNUB) is an airport serving Lubango, the capital city of the Huíla Province in Angola. The Lubango non-directional beacon (Ident: SB) is located 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) east-northeast of the Rwy 28 threshold.[5]

Lubango Mukanka Airport

Aeroporto de Lubango
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesLubango
Elevation AMSL5,778 ft / 1,761 m
Coordinates14°55′30″S 13°34′30″E
Map
SDD
Location of Airport in Angola
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,150 10,335 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1] GCM[2] Landings.com[3] Google Maps[4]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
TAAG Angola Airlines Catumbela, Huambo, Luanda, Ondjiva, Windhoek–Hosea Kutako

Military use

The airport houses four Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircraft.[6]

Incidents and accidents

See also

References
  1. Airport information for FNUB from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for SDD at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "FNUB @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. Google Maps - Lubango
  5. "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. Bellingcat Investigation Team (14 November 2018). "Angola Takes Delivery of Four Su-30KN". Bellingcat. 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.


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