Quatro de Fevereiro Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
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IATA = LAD
ICAO = FNLU
type = Military/Public
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operator = Military of Angola
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location = Luanda
elevation-f = 243
elevation-m = 74
coordinates = Coord|08|51|30|S|13|13|52|E|type:airport
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r1-number = 05/23
r1-length-f = 12,190
r1-length-m = 3,716
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 07/25
r2-length-f = 8,530
r2-length-m = 2,600
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Quatro de Fevereiro Airport (4 February Airport) airport codes|LAD|FNLU is located in Luanda, the capital city of Angola.

In 2004, the airport served 742,629 passengers.

Incidents and accidents

On 12 February, 2000, a Transafrik cargo Boeing 727 crashed upon landing on runway 23. Due to high winds gusting to between 50 and 80 knots, the aircraft had executed a missed approach, and upon the landing flare of the second attempt, witnesses saw the right wing touch the ground.

On May 25 2003, a Boeing 727-223 with the registration number N844AA, which had been parked at the airport for over a year, was stolen in mysterious circumstances.

Airlines and destinations

*Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Jeddah)
*Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
*Air Gemini (M'Banza Congo, Benguela, Cabinda, Dundo, Huambo, Lubango, Lucapa, Luena, Malange, Menongue, Namibe, Ondjiva, Saurimo, Soyo, N'Zagi)
*Air Namibia (Windhoek)
*Batavia Holland (Amsterdam)
*British Airways (London-Heathrow)
*Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
*China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou) [begins 2009, pending government approval]
*Cubana (Havana) [seasonal]
*Diexim Expresso
*Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa)
*Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Dubai)
*KLM (Amsterdam) [begins late 2008, pending government approval] Fact|date=March 2008
*Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
*Sonair (Benguela, Cabinda, Catumbela, Houston, Huambo, Lubango, Ondjiva, Soyo)
*South African Airways (Johannesburg)
*TAAG Angola Airlines (Accra, Addis Ababa, Bangui, Beijing, Brazzaville, Cabinda, Catumbela, Dubai, Dundo, Harare, Huambo, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lisbon, Lubango, Luena, Lusaka, Malanje, M'Banza Congo, Menongue, N'djamena, Namibe, Ondjiva, Paris, Pointe Noire, Rio de Janeiro-Galeao, Sal, São Tomé, Soyo, Salvador da Bahia, Saurimo, Windhoek)
*TAP Portugal (Lisbon)
*World Airways (Houston)

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