Mbanza Congo Airport
Aeroporto Pedro Moisés Artur Aeroporto Pedro Moisés Artur | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Location | M'banza Congo, Angola | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,860 ft / 567 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6°16′15″S 14°14′50″E / 6.27083°S 14.24722°E | ||||||||||
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SSY Location of Airport in Angola | |||||||||||
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| Source: DAFIF[1] GCM[2] Landings.com[3] Google Maps[4] | |||||||||||
Mbanza Congo Airport (IATA: SSY, ICAO: FNBC) is an airport serving M'banza Congo, the capital of Zaire Province in northwestern Angola. Passenger flights resumed in August 2017 following an eight-year gap, during which the airport was closed for construction works.
The Mbanza Congo non-directional beacon (Ident: SS) is located just northeast of the field.[5]
History
The airport closed in 2009 for a refurbishment project and did not reopen to commercial air traffic until August 2017, when Sonair introduced domestic flights.[6][7]
Accidents
- On April 27, 1994, a Transafrik International Boeing 727 touched down 2 meters short of the runway at the airport. The undercarriage struck a ditch and collapsed. The aircraft kept on the runway, veered off the right side of the runway into a road and struck a bus. All seven people on board the bus died. The three people on board the plane survived. [8]
- On June 28, 2007, a TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737 touched down at the airport, overran the runway and crashed into some cars and a building. 5 of the 78 people on board, including one on the ground was killed. [9]
See also
References
- ^ "Airport information for FNBC". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for SSY at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "FNBC @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Google Maps - Mbanza Congo
- ^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "M'Banza Congo, Angola sees scheduled pax flights". ch-aviation. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "Zaire: Sonair opens domestic route to Mbanza Kongo". Angola Press News Agency. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ ASN Aircraft incident Boeing 727-44F S9-TAN Mbanza. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved.
- ^ Urs Wildermuth (28 June 2007). "Crash: TAAG B737 at M'banza Congo on June 28th 2007, aircraft went into building on landing". Avherlad. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
External links
- "Current weather for FNBC". NOAA/NWS.
- Accident history for SSY at Aviation Safety Network
- OurAirports - Mbanza Congo Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine