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
  • On 8 November 1983 a TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff. All 130 passengers and crew on board were killed.

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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