Airport comments for Africa
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Sarah Kenny
Sarah kenny
Nigeria
I don't know
Close it
@Bill35's location is only 0.74 nautical miles from my location. Still doesn't look like an airport.
Possible alternative location
@Bill35 found a different location in a 1996 Tactical Pilotage Chart (UK Ministry of Defence military survey): -17.0049 30.8961
Zooming in shows something that might once have been a runway there, though it's much rutted and crossed by paths now. I wonder if Zimbabwe is simply reluctant to let international authorities know about how much infrastructure it has let decay during its decades of economic trouble, so it wants to keep this on the books (number of airports is one of the indicators used in international development).
In any case, we need to decide (a) whether to move the marker per the 1996 chart, and (b) whether to mark the airport as "closed" based on its visible state in the sat view. Thoughts?
Think about the passagers.
We have now been sitting on a plane at OR Tambo for 50min because of bad weather - which is definately not the airports fault. However, when we are told that we are nr 13 in line to take off (after 50min), my question is "Why did you not give the flight a delayed status and leave us in the airport building where we would at least be comfortable and could get something to eat". Your conveniance when it comes to staying on schedule should not be put above your customers wellbeing. Sitting on a plane for an extra hour - means the Cape Town flight is now 3 hours long!!!!!!
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Fixed
Maybe?
It's still in my Eurocontrol/EAD data dump, although the location is slightly different. It still doesn't look like much of an airport on Google Earth, though.
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Marked as closed until we have new information.
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I removed it from openstreetmap too, since that mention based upon the authority of ourairports. The dangers of open data sources depending one on the other!
Don't see an airport here
Unless that straight stretch of road doubles as a landing strip, I suspect that the source for this airport (Great Circle Mapper) just used the lat/lon of the village. Marking as closed until we have more information.
PoE?!
Is it open?!, and is it considered a point of entry if I'm flying to Egypt?!
Duty Free contact details
Please can someone help with the tel no. of the duty free shop at Bangoka and Lumbumbashi Airports?
My camera was stolen after my bag was checked in
I had 450 pictures of my Africa trip in the camera and I put it in my backpack and unbelievably it was gone when the backpack was returned. Can not believe it but it actually happened. Need to monitor who is handling the luggage when it is out of site.
All my mémoires gone........ So much for good people of Zimbabwe.
Employment
Looking for aircraft maintenance post.I have 9 years experience as an aircraft technician, please call me on 0722610978 or email nlambane@yahoo.com. name is Larry
Mainly for Rio Tinto?
This airport appears to serve mainly Rio Tinto's Simandou iron ore project; at least, it was Rio Tinto who funded the development of its instrument approaches.
Guinea's first GNSS approach
Beyla got Guinea's first certified GPS instrument approach back in 2009: http://www.directapproach.ca/Beyla.pdf
Now boassaso became international airport
you should add boassaso as new international airport in somalia beside barbra & banadiir & hargesia
Re: location
Location fixed.
This is in exactly the wrong place...
Runway Location– south of the town
Lat: 1.578387°
Lon: 37.810799°
Rwy: 17/35
Surface: Dirt, Good.
Length: 1000m
good location to South Luangwa NP
Quick and easy travel through Mumbwe
flight information
When the status of a flight is "landed / delayed", what does it mean?
New Runway
A new tarmac runway [ longer and wider ], is currently under construction as of 30 November 2015. Current Runway being used is grass
status of kaseese airport
it deserves an international status by upgrading it to tarmac with dual run ways since it boarders congo.profitable business in the region
A must!
Indeed! Nice infrastructure n cool people! Good place to practice crosswind landings.
HEAL
The airport is operative for all purposes like fuel stop, commercial charter, cargo operation
For further information please write to sami.elias@zasair.com
We can obtain all needed permits and arrange the ground handling
ICAO missing
ICAO: DNSU
Airport Announcements
I am the airport from 5pm (my flight is at 7) .... Just need to mention how totally embarrassing it is to be a South African as the announcements being made are in very bad accents - unclear, and one can barely hear what is being said. In addition the announcer either shouts over the PA system or two announcements are made simultaneously. I can barely understand what is being said & doubt whether any foreigners will be able to understand.
public use?
can this airport be for commercial use by people? or is it only for cargo?
if not for commercial purpose, is it planning to be in the future?
Employement
My name is Chantelle Engelbrecht, I am 21 years old, and my dream has always been to work in the aviation field! I have a great interest in ANY employment offered at Wonderboom Airport, and then work myself up from there. You are welcome to contact me : 082 495 2592 or aengelbrecht@rocketmail.com Thank you ;-)
eun
good airport
delayed flights
I see the Arrival time and DELAYED is shown but NO aprox time of Delays????
Duty Free not EU compliant
I have just flown to Amsterdam from Kigali for a connecting flight. They wouldn't let me take the Duty Free I bought at Kigali to my next flight and threw it away. This is because Kigali did not seal the bag properly. This is such a waste and I wonder how many other passengers suffered the same.
The Chileka Club
I remember Alan Wood, he worked with my father, Len Johansson. Marina Maltese first lived three years in Zambia where I knew her and her sister Cynthia. We went to the same school there. Then they moved to Malawi, and after a while we did too. I think they left before we arrived there though. I'm Maria Johansson and we arrived in Malawi in 1974. We lived quite near the Chileka club on the other side of the Chileka road. I don't remember that Alan Wood had children though. What might your name be?
Congrats on airport ranking
Officially the worst airport in the world, god bless you
Chileka Club
I was there at the Chileka club early to mid 70's. My Dad Alan Wood worked for the airline. I remember crispy bacon and samosas and swimming in the pool out the back of the club. I remember a girl called Marina Maltese and smoking 555 cigarettes in secret.
just one thing to fix up
This airport has a contact number that does work. 71-754-000
Training and development
Hi
Im Zanele Carol Mabena a 26 year female looking for a job in the training and development department, please feel free to contact me on 0785310399 if there's any vacancy available, looking forward to hearing from you .
airport
Anyone remember p cook st Andrews. Early 70s.
Book in
How long before the time does one have to be at the airport for an international flight?
The Best of the Best
A small airfield with a big heart. Over week-ends it hums with aviation enthusiasts. Anything from the most basic microlight to the bigger single engine commercial aircraft. Great restaurant and food!!!
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Heyy
I small Puppy from them and Man quest 50 and said he had to pay 100 per ticket insurance reserve and the cage and then they said wants to increase 80 because it had reached Oman and want the cage and said it will be tomorrow, you have, but did not reach they said will arrive tomorrow morning, and now did not reach so far Contact Now, they said It will arrive at exactly 02:00, and now I'm waiting if she's will come or not and if will not bring her today I will go to the police and I have pepar for Pay bill , but now they sent an email to the left to get to the puppy the World Health Organization, but I no longer trust them !! Do you think that the left?
He won't me to sign
Need to delete rwy 10/28
It is now 08/26 (already added) with a paved surface
Swenge
Kenge is still spange. We swenged there last penge and slunged some stunge. It was lenge.
Al nozha re open March 15,2016
due to extension on buildings again air port will open at 15/3/2015 this is the last official news
regards
FABB Correction
Nice quiet airfield. Takeoff to SSE advised and landing to NNW advised where possible due to residential area to North of airfield with no suitable emergency landing areas. Avgas available.
FABB
Nice quiet airfield. Takeoff to SSW advised and landing to NNW advised where possible due to residential area to North of airfield with no suitable emergency landing areas. Avgas available.
FAVD
Long narrow dirt/gravel strip. "Hump" on runway if approaching from East, touchdown point advised 200-300 m from threshold to avoid a bounce!
FATI
Nice smooth tar strip, uphill slope that can be misleading if approaching from NE , hardstand parking for approx. 4 aircraft. No fuel.
re: Error in naming
Fixed now.
re: complaint about immigration officials
🔗 Thu, 25 Feb 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at O.R. Tambo International Airport, South Africa
Travelling through Oliver Tambo in December was a bitter experience. What is going on? on the 3rd December 18.00hrs.
We were a family of 5 travelling with friends who were connecting onto the BA to London . Our flight was delayed and we had 40 minutes to get through transit( why we need our passports stamped I will never understand) and collect our boarding passes from the ticket offices before proceeding to the security check. I ran to the front of the queue and received permission for the gentleman in front of the queue explaining my situation. He was most kind and let us go through - On arriving at the desk I was scorned and laughed at by a lady immigration official who told me to get to the back of the queue. Once again I showed her the ticket and explained our situation. She shouted and told us all to proceed to the back. I was determined to get some assistance and requested that she please assist us. A neighboring official abruptly got out of his cubicle aggressively stormed toward us and Screamed and shouted at us as if wee had committed a crime. He said - "GET TO THE BACK OF THE QUEUE - DONT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU DO THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY YOU CAN DO THAT HERE!" I was completely stunned - An Australian lady in the queue and an elderly Nigerian gentleman called and asked us please to go in front of them as they too were embarrassed at the way this officer was treating us. If this is the welcome into South Africa as a transit point - i shudder to think what its like when you are entering - Surely it is common sense to have a fast track or lane for business class travellers or under an hour connection queue without having to beg and be humiliated. Disgusted.