Kamembe International Airport,, is an airport in Rwanda. RwandAir operates a Dash 8-Q400 with seven flights per week to and from Kigali International Airport. The airport receives charter flights from Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, though not on a regular schedule. During the Rwandan Civil War, Kamembe airport was suggested as a site for transiting French arms to the interim government after April 1994.

Location

Kamembe Airport is located approximately 5 km, by road, north of Cyangugu's central business district, Rusizi District, in the Western Province of Rwanda. The airport is located approximately 147.5 km, by air, southwest of Kigali International Airport, the largest airport in the country. It sits at an altitude of 5192 ft above mean sea level. The geographical coordinates of Kamembe Airport are: 02°27'23.0"S, 28°54'35.0"E (Latitude:-2.456389; Longitude:28.909722).

Overview

Kamembe is a medium airport with one paved runway 02/20 that measures 4921 ft long and 148 ft wide.

History

The airport terminal building was heavily damaged by a 2008 earthquake, and early in 2010 the Rwanda government announced that Kamembe Airport would be repaired and modernized. By the end of 2012 a new terminal was completed, a new control tower was opened, and Techno Sky, a branch of the Italian publicly owned ENAV corporation, had installed new navigation systems. During a May 2013 visit, Infrastructure Minister Albert Nsengiyumva announced that the runway would be widened and lengthened from 1.5 km to  2 km by 2015. The airport re-opened in June 2015 and RwandAir began scheduled flights from the airport.

Airlines and destinations