N’Djili International Airport Kinshasa

isabella ruffolo
1 min readJun 20, 2018

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Also known as N’Djili International Airport and Kinshasa International Airport, serves the city of Kinshasa and is the largest of the four international airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is named after the nearby Ndjili River.

In 1998, N’Djili airport was the site of one of the decisive battles of the Second Congo War. Rebel forces advancing on Kinshasa infiltrated the airport perimeter but were repulsed by Zimbabwean troops and aircraft arriving to support the government of Laurent Kabila

Kinshasa airport in numbers

- It is located 25 km away from Kinshasa city

- It has one runway

- It has one new terminal

- It operates with more than 10 airlines

- It can handle 1M passengers annually

Top Airlines that Operates on N’Djili International Airport

Congo Airways

Air France

Brussels Airline

Royal Air Marroc

Code: FIH

Elevation: 313 m

Location: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hub for: Congo Airways

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