Xangongo Airport

Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport
IATA: XGNICAO: FNXA
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Xangongo
Location Angola
Elevation AMSL 3,635 ft / 1,108 m
Coordinates 16°45′19.0″S 14°57′53.8″E / 16.755278°S 14.964944°E / -16.755278; 14.964944 (Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (Xangongo))Coordinates: 16°45′19.0″S 14°57′53.8″E / 16.755278°S 14.964944°E / -16.755278; 14.964944 (Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport (Xangongo))
Map
FNXA

Location of Vila Roçadas/Xangongo Airport in Angola

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,265 7,430 ASPHALT
Source: Landings.com[1]

Xangongo Airport (IATA: XGN, ICAO: FNXA) is an airport near Xangongo, Angola. It was built by the Cubans in 1988 as a forward airbase during the last campaign against apartheid South Africa in the Angolan Civil War.

References

  1. "FNXA @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.

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