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Menongue Airport is a public airfield serving Menongue, the capital of Cuando Cubango province in southern Angola. It offers a single long hard-surfaced runway and provides domestic air links, chiefly through TAAG Angola Airlines, alongside a resident Angolan Air Force training unit.
Menongue Airport, known locally as Aeroporto de Menongue, is a government-operated public airfield serving the town of Menongue in Cuando Cubango province, southern Angola. It combines scheduled domestic passenger services with a military training role, hosting the 8th Training Squadron of the 24th Training Regiment of the National Air Force of Angola. For a visiting VFR pilot the field is notable chiefly for its single very long runway and its remote, high-elevation setting on the central Angolan plateau.
The airfield lies at Menongue in Cuando Cubango province, in the interior of southern Angola. No specific controlled airspace classification or FIR boundary detail is given in the available material, so pilots should consult current Angolan aeronautical publications for the applicable airspace structure around the field.
Menongue has a single physical runway, 13/31, of hard surface construction and 11,473 feet in length. There is no ILS available at the field.
The airfield is served by an AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) on 118.9 MHz. A non-directional beacon, identifier ME, is located on the field for navigation reference.
No published joining or circuit procedures, circuit heights, or noise abatement requirements are available for Menongue Airport.
No published visual reference points are available for Menongue Airport.
Menongue Airport, also referred to historically as Serpa Pinto Airport, has long served the town of Menongue. Between 2008 and 2014 its terminal building was expanded and the runway was lengthened. The field also has a military dimension, hosting the 8th Training Squadron of the 24th Training Regiment of the National Air Force of Angola.
The airport currently handles domestic scheduled services, with TAAG Angola Airlines operating flights to Luanda. It also continues to support military flying training as the base for the Angolan Air Force's 8th Training Squadron. No flight simulator scenery is mentioned in available sources, and prior permission (PPR) status is not specified.
