Mbuji Mayi Airport

Mbuji Mayi Airport
Mbuji Mayi Airport
	IATA: MJM; ICAO: FZWA;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Mbuji Mayi
Location	Bipemba, Mbuji Mayi, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation AMSL	2,221 ft / 677 m
Coordinates	06°07′16″S 023°34′08″E / 6.12111°S 23.56889°E
Map
	Mbuji Mayi Airport Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Runways
	Source: DAFIF GCM SkyVector

Mbuji Mayi international Airport (IATA: MJM, ICAO: FZWA) is an airport serving Mbuji Mayi^[1] (formerly Bakwanga), the capital of the Kasai-Oriental Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 677 metres (2,221 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,999 by 45 metres (6,558 ft × 148 ft) with poor quality pavement.^[1]^[4]

The Mbuji Mayi non-directional beacon (Ident: MN) is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north-northwest of the airport. The Mbuji Mayi VOR/DME (Ident: MBY) is located on the field.^[5]^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Kasaï	Kananga, Kinshasa–N'djili^[7]
Congo Airways	Kinshasa–N'djili, Lubumbashi^[8]
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa^[9]

Accidents and incidents

On August 19, 2015, a Brussels Airlines Boeing 737, operating for Korongo Airlines, sustained damage to its horizontal stabilizer upon landing at Mbuji Mayi Airport due to bad pavement conditions^[10]
On December 24, 2015, a Services Air Cargo Airbus A310 was unable to stop on the runway due to poor pavement conditions and wet runway surface, and exited the runway. A total of 8 people were killed and 9 injured, all on the ground.^[11]^[12]

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