Goma International Airport

Goma Airport
Mount Nyiragongo at the background
IATA: GOM ICAO: FZNA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Location	Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation AMSL	5,046 ft / 1,538 m
Coordinates	01°40′15.08″S 29°14′18.25″E / 1.6708556°S 29.2384028°E / -1.6708556; 29.2384028
Map
GOM Location of Goma International Airport in DRC
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 2,000‡ 6,562‡ Asphalt
Source: Regie des Voies Aériennes ‡ Operable runway length per national aviation authority

Goma International Airport (IATA: GOM, ICAO: FZNA) is an airport serving Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.

Initially built with a paved 3 km runway and a large terminal and apron, the airport has not recovered from the 2002 eruption of the volcano Nyiragongo, 14 km to the north. The airport couldn't handle any wide-bodied aircraft except for freight operations run by relief agencies and the United Nations. A stream of fluid lava 200 m by 1000 m wide flowed onto the runway and through the city center as far as the lake shore, covering over the northern 1 km of the runway and isolating the terminal and apron which were only connected by taxiway to the northern end. The lava can easily be seen in satellite photographs, and aircraft can be seen using the 2 km southern section of the runway which is clear of lava. A temporary apron was made at the side of the operational part of the runway. A Douglas DC-8 was left stranded on the terminal apron, which is now used by commercial passengers and the military. In December 2012, a contractor began work on cleaning up and fencing in the airport. In February 2017, satellite imagery showed the runway has not yet been repaired where the lava damage occurred.