Luanda Airport

Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro
IATA: LAD ICAO: FNLU
Summary
Airport type	Military / Public
Operator	ENANA EP
Location	Luanda, Angola
Hub for	Diexim Expresso SonAir TAAG Angola Airlines
Elevation AMSL	243 ft / 74 m
Coordinates	08°51′30″S 13°13′52″E / 8.85833°S 13.23111°E / -8.85833; 13.23111Coordinates: 08°51′30″S 13°13′52″E / 8.85833°S 13.23111°E / -8.85833; 13.23111
Website	web.archive.org/web/20141110224106/http://www.luandaairport.com/en/
Map
LAD Location of Airport in Angola
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,716 12,190 Asphalt 07/25 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers 2,430,794 Passenger change 09–10 9.4% Aircraft movements 65,843 Movements change 09–10 3.2%
Source: DAFIF, Landings.com, 2010 World Airport Traffic Report.

Passengers	2,430,794
Passenger change 09–10	9.4%
Aircraft movements	65,843
Movements change 09–10	3.2%

Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro), (IATA: LAD, ICAO: FNLU) is the main international airport of Angola. It is located in the southern part of the capital Luanda, situated in the Luanda Province. Quatro de Fevereiro means 4 February, which is an important national holiday in Angola, marking the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime on 4 February 1961. In 2009, about 1.8 million passengers were counted.

The airport started to be constructed in 1951, to serve the capital of the then Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola. It was inaugurated in 1954, by the Portuguese President Craveiro Lopes. In honor to him, the official name of the airport became President Craveiro Lopes Airport (Aeroporto Presidente Craveiro Lopes). In August 1975 the airport hosted tens of thousands of mostly white Portuguese Angolans in transit, camping at the airport ahead of fleeing to Lisbon via "Operation Air Bridge". Following the independence of Angola from Portugal in November 1975, the airport was re-baptized Quatro de Fevereiro Internacional Airport.

The airport resides at an elevation of 243 feet (74 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 05/23 is 3,716 by 45 metres (12,192 ft × 148 ft) and 07/25 is 2,600 by 60 metres (8,530 ft × 197 ft). Starting in Mid-2017, the airport will be replaced by the new Angola International Airport. Construction work has already started, but its opening was postponed due to financial difficulties on the part of the Angolan government.