Lubumbashi International Airport

Lubumbashi International Airport is an airport serving Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History

Lubumbashi International Airport was founded in colonial times as the Elisabethville Airport. It was also known as Luano Airport. This airport played a high-profile role during the Katanga war. After it was seized by the United Nations Force in the Congo troops, the airport was used as a base against the secessionist government.

Accidents and incidents

In December 2001, Air Katanga Douglas C-53-DO ZS-OJD was written off in a landing accident at Lubumbashi International Airport after a delivery flight that originated in South Africa.
On 15 September 1961 a Katangese Air Force Fouga CM.170 Magister dropped two 100 lb. bombs on the airport, one of which made a direct hit on a DC-4-1009 belonging to Air Katanga with the registration OO-ADN. There were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off.