Albano Machado Airport

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Albano Machado (Huambo) Airport
IATA: NOVICAO: FNHU
NOV is located in Angola
NOV
NOV
Location of Airport in Angola
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Huambo, Angola
Elevation AMSL 5,587 ft / 1,703 m
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,660 8,727 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2] Landings.com[3]

The Albano Machado Airport (IATA: NOVICAO: FNHU) is a public airport located southeast of Huambo, a city in Angola. It used to be named the Nova Lisboa Airport, since in colonial times the city was called Nova Lisboa, or New Lisbon.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Diexim Expresso Luanda
TAAG Angola Airlines Catumbela, Luanda, Lubango, Menongue, Ondjiva[4]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 3 September 1970. Douglas DC-3 G-AVPW of Hunting Surveys was substantially damaged when it was subjected to ground fire on take-off. Hydraulic lines were damaged and the fuel tanks ruptured. A successful emergency landing was made at Luanda Airport. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[5]
  • On 14 September 2011, 17 people, including 11 military personnel, died when an Angolan Air Force EMB-120 crashed shortly after take-off from Albano Machado airport. The plane was headed to Luanda Airport.

References

  1. Airport information for FNHU at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for NOV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
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  4. TAAG Angola Airlines: Destinations Schedule
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