# Lubango Mukanka International Airport (SDD / FNUB)

**Lubango Mukanka International Airport** (IATA: SDD, ICAO: FNUB) is a medium airport in Lubango, Huíla Province, Angola. It has one runway, 3,150 m (10,335 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SDD / FNUB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lubango, Huíla Province, Angola
- Elevation: 1,761 m / 5,778 ft
- Coordinates: -14.9248, 13.5767
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,150 m / 10,335 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Luanda
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubango_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2089913
- Weather station: FNUB · WMO 66390
- Ident: FNUB

## Timeline

- 8 Nov 1983: 1983 TAAG Angola Airlines 737 Boeing crash. 130 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,150 m / 10,335 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [CBT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnct.md) Catumbela Airport · Angola · 272 km / 169 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [VPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fngi.md) Ngjiva Pereira Airport · Angola · 326 km / 203 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [NOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnhu.md) Albano Machado Airport · Angola · 333 km / 207 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [LAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnlu.md) Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport · Angola · 676 km / 420 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [WDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fywh.md) Hosea Kutako International Airport · Namibia · 935 km / 581 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- DT [TAAG Angola Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taag-angola-airlines) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,150 m / 10,335 ft | =905 of 29,858 | =141 in Africa | #7 in AO |
| Elevation | 1,761 m / 5,778 ft | =1,221 of 43,403 | #156 in Africa | #1 in AO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =4 in AO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [AO-0055](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0055.md) Bentiaba Airfield · 148 km / 92 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: “Lubango Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lubango_Airport&oldid=1371387675), revision of 26 Aug 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/fnub/data