Bandundu Airport is an airport

Airport

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 serving Bandundu

Bandundu

Bandundu, formerly known as Banningville or Banningstad, is a city in Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Bandundu is the capital of Bandundu Province. It is located on the north bank of the Kwango River, just below the juncture of the Kwango and the Kwilu, 8 km upstream from...

, a city in the Bandundu province

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

There are currently ten provinces and one city-province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:* An Ituri Interim Administration also exists in the Ituri region of Orientale province- Proposed provinces :...

 of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1053 feet (321 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 11/29 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 1380 by 30 m (4,527.6 by 98.4 ).

Accidents and incidents

Two occurrences are reported to have occurred on 17 July 2007 at Bandundu. The reports may refer to the same occurrence with factual errors:

• In one report, a Let-410UVP, tail number 9Q-CIM of Cargo Bull Aviation suffered a bird strike
  Bird strike
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   and crashed with no injuries but aircraft written off.

• In the other report an Antonov
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   (either an An-24 or An-32) that had stopped en route from Kinshasa
  Kinshasa
  Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the Congo River....
  
   N'Dolo Airport
  N'Dolo Airport
  N'Dolo Airport , also known as Ndolo Airport, is a secondary airport in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the commune of Barumbu near the city center....
  
   to Nioki Airport
  Nioki Airport
  Nioki Airport is an airport in Nioki, Democratic Republic of the Congo....
  
   lost its number 1 engine during initial climb and crashed 8 kilometres (5 mi) from Bandundu with substantial damage but no injuries. Another report has this occurring the next day with a minor injury to an Austria
  Austria
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  n pilot. Another identifies the operator as Malift Air, the date as 18 July, the failure as an engine explosion during landing, and the aircraft destroyed.