Kamina Air Base

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Kamina Air Base
AMSL
3,543 ft / 1,080 m
Coordinates08°38′31″S 025°15′10″E / 8.64194°S 25.25278°E / -8.64194; 25.25278
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13L/31R 2,700 8,858 Asphalt
13R/31L 2,700 8,858 Asphalt
Sources:[1]

Kamina Air Base (ICAO: FZSA) is a military airport located near Kamina in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

It was built as part of the Belgian near-national-redoubt concept after World War II.

ONUC military aircraft during the Congo Crisis
.

Facilities

The airport resides at an

mean sea level. It has two runways, each with an asphalt surface measuring 2,700 by 45 metres (8,858 ft × 148 ft).[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Airport information for FZSA[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ David Isby and Charles Kamps Jr., Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company, 1985.