Kamina Airport is the internal civil airport which is located in and serves the city of Kamina

Kamina

Kamina is a city in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located at around . It is the provincial capital.- Transport :...

 in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

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It is separate from the larger military Kamina Air Base

Kamina Air Base

Kamina Air Base is a military airport located near Kamina in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has two runways, each with an asphalt surface measuring ....

 . The civil airport is sometimes called Kaminaville or Kamina Ville to differentiate it from the military airbase.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 3475 feet (1,059 m) above mean sea level and 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...

 which is 1450 by 42.5 m (4,757.2 by 139.4 ).

Incidents and accidents

On June 21, 2007, a Let-410 twin turboprop operated by Karibu Airways

Karibu Airways

Karibu Airways was an airline in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It stood on the List of air carriers banned in the EU. Due to two plane crashes in 2007 the confidence in the airline was lost. subsequently, all operations came to a halt...

 crashed into a swamp shortly after taking off from Kamina Airport. One passenger, Mbuyu Mibanga, a member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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 was killed. At least 12 more were injured, including two Congolese doctors working for the World Health Organization

World Health Organization

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