Uíge/Carmona Airport is a public use airport on the west side of
Uíge
Uíge (), formerly Carmona, is a provincial capital city in northwestern Angola, with a population of 322,531 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 519,196 (2014 census), located in the province of the Uíge Province, same nam ...
, the capital of
Uíge Province
Uíge (pronunciation: ; ) is one of the eighteen Provinces of Angola, located in the northwestern part of the country. Its capital city is of the same name.
History
During the Middle Ages, the Uíge Province was the heartland of the Kongo Ki ...
in
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
.
The runway additionally has a
displaced threshold
A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway.
The portion of the runway behind a displaced threshold may be used for takeoff in either direction and landings from t ...
on each end.
The Uíge
non-directional beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are i ...
(Ident: UG) is located 2.2 nautical miles south of the runway.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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List of airports in Angola
This is a list of airports in Angola, sorted by location.
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country in southwest Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its wes ...
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Transport in Angola
Transport in Angola comprises:
Roads
Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola:
* the Tripoli-Cape Town Highway
* the Beira-Lobito Highway
Map of Trans-African Highways.PNG, Map of Trans-African Highways.
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References
External links
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OurAirports - Uíge
Airports in Angola
Uíge Province
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