Goma International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Goma Airport
nativename =


IATA = GOM
ICAO = FZNA
type = Public
owner =
operator = Government
city-served = Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
location =
elevation-f = 5,089
elevation-m = 1,551
coordinates = coord|01|40|14|S|029|14|18|E|type:airport_region:CD
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 18/36
r1-length-m = 1,995
r1-length-f = 6,545
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: DAFIFWAD|FZNA|source=DAFIF] GCM|GOM|source=DAFIF]

Goma International Airport airport codes|GOM|FZNA is an airport serving Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2002 Nyiragongo eruption

Initially built with a paved 3 km runway and a large terminal and apron, the airport has not recovered from the 2002 eruption of the volcano Nyiragongo, 14 km to the north. The airport no longer receives international flights except for freight operations run by relief agencies and the United Nations. A stream of fluid lava 200 m by 1000 m wide flowed onto the runway and through the city center as far as the lake shore, covering over the northern 1 km of the runway and isolating the terminal and apron which were only connected by taxiway to the northern end. The lava can easily be seen in satellite photographs, [ [http://earth.google.com Google Earth] has high resolution photographs showing the affected part of the airport at coordinates -1.658, 29.237. Retrieved 3 September 2007.] and aircraft can be seen using the 2 km southern section of the runway which is clear of lava. A temporary apron has been made at the side of the operational part of the runway.

A Douglas DC-8 was left stranded on the terminal apron, which is now used by military and relief helicopters.

2008 crash

On 15 April 2008, a Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 overshot the runway during an aborted takeoff and crashed into the marketplace immediately to the south of the airport, killing over 40 people.

Airlines and destinations

*Bravo Air Congo (Kisangani, Mbuji-Mayi) [ [http://www.bravoaircongo.com/en/rutas.html Bravo Air Congo Routes] ]
*Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (Kinshasa, Kisangani) [ [http://www.caacongo.com/horaire_caa_pdf.pdf CAA Timetable] ]
*Hewa Bora Airways (Kinshasa, Kisangani) [ [http://www.hba.cd/accueilmod.php Hewa Bora Routes] ]
*Kivu Air
*Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (Kisangani) [ [http://www.wda.cd/servlet/AvailableFlightsServlet Wimbi Dira Routes] ]
*Wimbi Dira Airways (Kisangani) [ [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Goma-GOM/city-moreinfo.html Goma Destinations] ]

References

External links

*ASN|GOM