Boma Airport

Boma Airport is an airport serving the port city of Boma in the of the . The runway is within the southeastern part of the city, just north of the river.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Airport
  • Description: airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: “BOA” and “FZAJ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort de Shinkakasa.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , also called Fort Boma, was a fortification built in the Congo Free State to defend access to the Congo river in 1891. It is located about 1.5 kilometres west of Boma which was the capital of the Free State and later the Belgian Congo from 1886 to 1926. is situated 3½ km west of Boma Airport.

Boma Airport

Latitude
-5.854° or 5° 51′ 14″ south
Longitude
13.064° or 13° 3′ 50″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
BOA
ICAO airport code
FZAJ
Open location code
6F6M43W7+CH
Geo­Names ID
7730552
Wiki­data ID
Q3813669
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Boma Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Boma Airport”
  • Chinese: “博馬機場”
  • French: “aéroport de Boma”
  • French: “Aéroport de Boma”
  • Indonesian: “BOA”
  • Indonesian: “FZAJ”
  • Japanese: “ボーマ空港”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ ya Boma”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Boma”
  • Persian: “BOA”
  • Persian: “FZAJ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بوما”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Boma”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Boma”
  • Swahili: “Airport”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege wa Boma”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndegelingala”
  • Swedish: “Boma flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Бома”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бумо”
  • Uzbek: “Boma aeroporti”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ilha Sacra Mbaca and Ancien Fort de Shinkakasa.

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