Boma Airport
Boma Airport is an airport serving the Congo River port city of Boma in the Kongo Central Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The runway is within the southeastern part of the city, just north of the river.- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Also known as: “BOA” and “FZAJ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort de Shinkakasa.
Fort de Shinkakasa
Ruins
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The Fort de Shinkakasa, 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. Fort de Shinkakasa is situated 3½ km west of Boma Airport.
Boma Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Boma, Bas-Congo Province, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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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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