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Xangongo Airport

Coordinates: 16°45′20″S 14°57′55″E / 16.75556°S 14.96528°E / -16.75556; 14.96528
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Xangongo Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesXangongo
LocationAngola
Elevation AMSL3,635 ft / 1,108 m
Coordinates16°45′20″S 14°57′55″E / 16.75556°S 14.96528°E / -16.75556; 14.96528
Map
FNXA is located in Angola
FNXA
FNXA
Location of airport in Angola
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,265 7,431 Asphalt
Sources: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

Xangongo Airport (IATA: XGN, ICAO: FNXA) is an airport near Xangongo, Angola. It was built by the Cubans in 1988 as a forward air base during the last campaign against apartheid South Africa in the Angolan Civil War.

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References

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  1. ^ "FNXA @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  2. ^ Google Maps - Xangongo
  3. ^ Airport information for XGN at Great Circle Mapper.
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