BUXFZKA

Bunia Airport

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa

Africa Africa/Lubumbashi

4direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

2,500 mLongest runway

Bunia Airport (IATA: BUX, ICAO: FZKA) (French: Aéroport de Bunia) is an airport serving Bunia the capital of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Bunia VOR/DME (Ident: BUN) and Bunia non-directional beacon (Ident: BUN) are located on the field. The airport was temporarily shut down in May 2026 due to the 2026 Ebola epidemic. After re-opening, commercial flights were again suspended in June 2026.

Location

1.566°N, 30.221°E · 1.233 m s. n. m. (4.045 ft)

General data

CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo

CityBunia

IATA codeBUX

ICAO codeFZKA

Coordinates1.566°N, 30.221°E

Elevation1.233 m s. n. m. (4.045 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Lubumbashi

Runways1

Longest runway2,500 m

Direct destinations4

Runways · 1

09/27

Length2,500 m8,202 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

119.700Bunia Tower

Approach

126.100Kinshasa Control

Common traffic (CTAF)

118.100A/G VOICE RDO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Julien Harneis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Bunia Airport (BUX). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUX

MLA

“Bunia Airport (BUX).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUX. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Bunia Airport (BUX).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUX.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Bunia Airport (BUX). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUX (Accessed: 23 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_bux,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Bunia Airport (BUX)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUX},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUX}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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