# Catumbela Airport (CBT / FNCT)

**Catumbela Airport** (IATA: CBT, ICAO: FNCT) is a medium airport in Catumbela, Benguela Province, Angola. It opened on 27 Aug 2012. It has one runway, 3,700 m (12,139 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnct

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CBT / FNCT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Catumbela, Benguela Province, Angola
- Opened: 27 Aug 2012
- Elevation: 7 m / 23 ft
- Coordinates: -12.4792, 13.4869
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,700 m / 12,139 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Luanda
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catumbela_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81569
- Weather station: FNCT
- Ident: FNCT

## Timeline

- 27 Aug 2012: Catumbela Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [SDD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnub.md) Lubango Mukanka International Airport · Angola · 272 km / 169 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [LAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnlu.md) Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport · Angola · 404 km / 251 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines, Fly Angola
- [VPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fngi.md) Ngjiva Pereira Airport · Angola · 560 km / 348 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [WDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fywh.md) Hosea Kutako International Airport · Namibia · 1,189 km / 739 mi · Fly Angola

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CBT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- DT [TAAG Angola Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taag-angola-airlines) · 3
- [Fly Angola](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-angola) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | =270 of 29,858 | =29 in Africa | #3 in AO |
| Elevation | 7 m / 23 ft | =41,032 of 43,403 | =3,053 in Africa | #72 in AO |
| Age | Opened 2012 | =12,916 of 15,079 | #129 in Africa | #2 in AO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =4 in AO |

## Nearby airports

- [LLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnlb.md) Lobito Airport · 13 km / 8.2 mi
- [BUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnbg.md) Benguela Airport · 17 km / 11 mi
- [AO-0070](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0070.md) Dombe Grande Airfield · 72 km / 45 mi
- [AO-0065](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0065.md) Caimbambo Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [AO-0064](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0064.md) Ganda Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [AO-0043](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0043.md) Balombo Airport · 141 km / 88 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Catumbela Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catumbela_Airport&oldid=1363025690), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnct/data