Luau International Airport

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Luau International Airport
  • IATA: pending
  • ICAO: pending
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesLuau
Elevation AMSL3,609 ft / 1,100 m
Coordinates10°42′05″S 22°09′37″E / 10.70139°S 22.16028°E / -10.70139; 22.16028
Map
Luau Intl is located in Angola
Luau Intl
Luau Intl
Location of Luau Int'l Airport in Angola
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Source: Google Maps[1]

Luau International Airport (IATA: pending, ICAO: pending) is an airport serving Luau, a municipality in the Moxico Leste Province of Angola. It is 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) west of the city, and may replace the Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport (IATA: UAL, ICAO: FNUA), an unpaved airstrip that is within the city.

Luau city is on Angolan border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is opposite the DRC city of Dilolo. The airport is part of a transportation plan that includes restoring rail and road linkage with the Katanga Province of the DRC.[2] The airport was opened in February, 2015, by Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos.[3]

See also

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  • List of airports in Angola
  • Transport in Angola

References

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  1. ^ Google Maps - Luau Intl
  2. ^ Inauguration of Luau International YouTube (Portuguese language)
  3. ^ "Moxico: Angolan President unveils Luau airport". ANGOP. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
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