# Bukavu Kavumu Airport (BKY / FZMA)

**Bukavu Kavumu Airport** (IATA: BKY, ICAO: FZMA) is a medium airport in Kamakombe, Sud-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BKY / FZMA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kamakombe, Sud-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Elevation: 1,720 m / 5,643 ft
- Coordinates: -2.3090, 28.8088
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Lubumbashi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavumu_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6379368
- Weather station: HRZA · WMO 64380
- Ident: FZMA

## Timeline

- 12 Feb 2012: 2012 Katanga Express Gulfstream IV crash. 4 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° |  |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [GOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzna.md) Goma International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 86 km / 53 mi · Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
- [KOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzrq.md) Kongolo Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 398 km / 247 mi · Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
- [FMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzrf.md) Kalemie Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 400 km / 249 mi · Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
- [FBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqa.md) Lubumbashi International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 1,042 km / 647 mi · Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- BU [Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/compagnie-africaine-daviation) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =442 in Africa | #18 in CD |
| Elevation | 1,720 m / 5,643 ft | =1,321 of 43,403 | #172 in Africa | #5 in CD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in CD |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.900 |
| RDO |  | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [KME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hrza.md) Kamembe Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [GOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzna.md) Goma International Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [GYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryg.md) Gisenyi Airport · 86 km / 54 mi
- [BJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbba.md) Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport · 126 km / 78 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: “Kavumu Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kavumu_Airport&oldid=1371406560), 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/fzma/data