FIH · Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ndjili International Airport.
--:--:-- · WAT (UTC+01:00) · 4.3857° S, 15.4446° E
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for FIH
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3040; ident FZAA; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
No official airport website accepted in this snapshot
The page does not fabricate an official source when the airport facts snapshot did not accept one.
Reference summary
N'djili Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot, manual airport facts override; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
FIH / FZAA
OurAirports ident
FZAA
GPS / local code
FZAA
ISO region
CD-KN
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
major international passenger gateway
Official host
Not accepted
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q645492
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:20 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--WAT · UTC+01:00
Time zone
WAT
Africa/Kinshasa · UTC+01:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
16 km
Approximate distance to central Kinshasa.
Official source
N'djili Airport
Wikipedia / reference summary
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
Passenger volume
773,338 passengers (2014)
Terminals
2015 international terminal with 1 million passengers annual capacity
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
13,123 ft / 4,000 m
Runway surface
concrete
Opened / operator
1959
Owner / entity
Q645492
Hub airlines
Air Congo, Congo Airways
Airport role
major international passenger gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Ndjili International Airport is a major international passenger gateway for Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa's built-up core sits roughly 16 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Africa/Kinshasa (UTC+01:00, WAT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Ndjili International Airport (FIH / FZAA) is at 4.3857° S, 15.4446° E, elevation 1,027 ft (313 m), serving Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Kinshasa is in Democratic Republic of the Congo (capital Kinshasa); on Africa/Kinshasa (WAT, UTC+01:00); working languages: French, Kikongo, Lingala; currency: CDF (FC).
Distance from central Kinshasa: 16 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for FIH.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Ndjili International Airport (FIH / FZAA)
N'djili Airport · International airport serving Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source identifiers
FZAA · FZAA · CD-KN
No official host accepted · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
FIH is Kinshasa's international airport and the largest of the DRC's five international airports in the retained source trail.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for FIH; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Name or history cue
A new international terminal opened in June 2015 and is described as able to serve one million passengers per year.
Retained because history, naming, or opening context helps distinguish this airport from same-shaped airport pages.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Masina
masina · 5.9 km from FIH
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa/Kinshasa · +0h · population 485,167 · city coordinates -4.3836, 15.3914
2. Kinshasa
kinshasa · 16 km from FIH
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa/Kinshasa · +0h · population 16,000,000 · city coordinates -4.3276, 15.3136
3. Kasangulu
kasangulu · 38 km from FIH
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa/Kinshasa · +0h · population 45,400 · city coordinates -4.5833, 15.1655
4. Inkisi
inkisi · 94 km from FIH
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa/Kinshasa · +0h · population 115,317 · city coordinates -5.1312, 15.0541
5. Mbanza-Ngungu
mbanza-ngungu · 117 km from FIH
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa/Kinshasa · +0h · population 142,773 · city coordinates -5.2584, 14.8584
6. Kimpese
kimpese · 172 km from FIH
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa/Kinshasa · +0h · population 79,539 · city coordinates -5.5615, 14.4316
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. BZV FCBB
Maya-Maya International Airport · Brazzaville
26 km from FIH · Africa/Brazzaville · +0h · elevation 1,048 ft (319 m) · airport coordinates -4.2517, 15.2530
2. LAD FNLU
Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport · Luanda
554 km from FIH · Africa/Luanda · +0h · elevation 243 ft (74 m) · airport coordinates -8.8584, 13.2312
3. NBJ FNBJ
Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport · Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo)
561 km from FIH · Africa/Luanda · +0h · elevation 550 ft (168 m) · airport coordinates -9.0507, 13.4991
Route-time reference set
1. FIH-LAD
Luanda · 554 km · 1h 32m
Africa/Luanda · +0h from FIH; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. FIH-NBJ
Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) · 561 km · 1h 33m
Africa/Luanda · +0h from FIH; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 13,123 ft / 4,000 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for FIH.
Runway identifiers
06/24
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. FKI FZIC
Bangoka International Airport · Kisangani · 1225 km from FIH
large airport · Africa/Lubumbashi · democratic-republic-of-the-congo · 1,417 ft (432 m) · 0.4816, 25.3380
2. FBM FZQA
Lubumbashi International Airport · Lubumbashi · 1553 km from FIH
large airport · Africa/Lubumbashi · democratic-republic-of-the-congo · 4,295 ft (1,309 m) · -11.5915, 27.5308
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
N'djili is the Kinshasa airport page that carries the DRC national-gateway role.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for FIH.
Source note 2
The 2015 terminal capacity note makes FIH materially different from lower-signal DRC regional airport pages.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for FIH.
Source note 3
Passenger and hub signals are retained as reference facts, not live flight-status claims.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for FIH.
Country and authority
FIH sits in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), whose capital is Kinshasa. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Africa, Middle Africa.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba. Currency context: CDF (FC). FIH is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
International airport serving Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: FIH is Kinshasa's international airport and the largest of the DRC's five international airports in the retained source trail. Name or history cue: A new international terminal opened in June 2015 and is described as able to serve one million passengers per year.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q645492 · N'Djili International Airport. Administrative area: Kinshasa
Field and clock profile
Ndjili International Airport is a low-elevation field at 1,027 ft (313 m), positioned at 4.3857° S, 15.4446° E in the Equatorial deep tropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 13,123 ft / 4,000 m. The airport clock uses Africa/Kinshasa (WAT, UTC+01:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Masina is the closest retained city-time anchor at 5.9 km. BZV Brazzaville is the closest retained airport alternative at 26 km.
Country airport peers
FIH is compared with FKI Kisangani at 1225 km, FBM Lubumbashi at 1553 km inside the retained Democratic Republic of the Congo airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
FIH-LAD Luanda: 554 km, about 1h 32m, +0h. FIH-NBJ Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo): 561 km, about 1h 33m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident FZAA backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. No official airport website passed the current airport-facts snapshot. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
773,338 passengers (2014)
Airline role
Air Congo, Congo Airways
Terminal footprint
2015 international terminal with 1 million passengers annual capacity
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 13,123 ft / 4,000 m
Runway identifiers
06/24
OurAirports classifies FIH as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Kinshasa.
FIH (FZAA) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 773,338 passengers (2014), operating from a low-elevation field at 1,027 ft (313 m).
FIH also has a clear airline-network role: the source summary describes it as kinshasa national gateway with a one-runway airfield, 2015 terminal signal, and air congo / congo airways hub context..
FIH's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 13,123 ft / 4,000 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete.
A specific operator or management record for FIH is not currently in our source set, so this page leans on regulator and country context rather than inventing one.
- N'djili is the Kinshasa airport page that carries the DRC national-gateway role.
- The 2015 terminal capacity note makes FIH materially different from lower-signal DRC regional airport pages.
- Passenger and hub signals are retained as reference facts, not live flight-status claims.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at N'djili Airport, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for FIH
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
FIH uses Africa/Kinshasa (WAT, UTC+01:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Ndjili International Airport is about 16 km from central Kinshasa; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
BZV Brazzaville is the closest retained alternate at 26 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
The accepted airport reference came from en.wikipedia.org; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place FIH inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
FIH ranks #2 in the curated Democratic Republic of the Congo airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 3 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
FIH has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making Africa/Kinshasa a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
FIH is 1,027 ft (313 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include ATL 1,026 ft (313 m) (1 ft delta) · MCI 1,026 ft (313 m) (1 ft delta) · OUA 1,037 ft (316 m) (10 ft delta) · BZV 1,048 ft (319 m) (21 ft delta) · KTW 995 ft (303 m) (32 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
FIH's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are BZV 26 km +0h · LAD 554 km +0h · NBJ 561 km +0h.
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luanda | LAD | 554 km | 1h 32m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) | NBJ | 561 km | 1h 33m | +0h | --:--:-- |
FIH to LAD
Luanda
Distance 554 km; estimated travel window 1h 32m; destination zone Africa/Luanda is +0h from FIH. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
FIH to NBJ
Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo)
Distance 561 km; estimated travel window 1h 33m; destination zone Africa/Luanda is +0h from FIH. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Kinshasa is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Ndjili International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from FIH, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Masina
masina · 5.9 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Kinshasa
kinshasa · 16 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Kasangulu
kasangulu · 38 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Inkisi
inkisi · 94 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mbanza-Ngungu
mbanza-ngungu · 117 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Kimpese
kimpese · 172 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mushie
mushie · 224 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bandundu Province
bandundu-province · 245 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Kenge
kenge · 250 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bolobo
bolobo · 263 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Matadi
matadi · 273 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Masi-Manimba
masi-manimba · 275 km · Africa/Kinshasa
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Ndjili International Airport is associated in the current source trail with Air Congo, Congo Airways, which makes carrier-specific schedule checks especially important before acting on a route plan.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Luanda (LAD), Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) (NBJ). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Kinshasa national gateway with a one-runway airfield, 2015 terminal signal, and Air Congo / Congo Airways hub context..
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: 773,338 passengers (2014).
- Terminal footprint: 2015 international terminal with 1 million passengers annual capacity.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 13,123 ft / 4,000 m; identifiers 06/24.
- Runway surfaces: concrete; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1959.
- Network role: Air Congo, Congo Airways.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from FIH. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Maya-Maya International AirportBZV
Brazzaville · large airport
- Distance
- 26 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,048 ft (319 m)
Compare against BZV when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Quatro de Fevereiro International AirportLAD
Luanda · large airport
- Distance
- 554 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 243 ft (74 m)
Compare against LAD when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International AirportNBJ
Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) · large airport
- Distance
- 561 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 550 ft (168 m)
Compare against NBJ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Ndjili International Airport (FIH) in?▾
Ndjili International Airport is in the Africa/Kinshasa timezone (UTC+01:00, WAT).
What are the codes for Ndjili International Airport?▾
Ndjili International Airport uses IATA code FIH and ICAO code FZAA.
Where is Ndjili International Airport located?▾
Ndjili International Airport is located in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo at coordinates 4.3857° S, 15.4446° E, with an elevation of 1,027 ft (313 m) (low-elevation field in the deep tropics).
How far is Ndjili International Airport from central Kinshasa?▾
Ndjili International Airport sits roughly 16 km from the nearest mapped city center for Kinshasa.
Which route reference is most useful from FIH?▾
Luanda (LAD) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 32m, destination timezone Africa/Luanda, and a +0h difference from FIH.
What other airports in Democratic Republic of the Congo are close peers to FIH?▾
FIH's curated peers in Democratic Republic of the Congo on this site include FKI Kisangani, FBM Lubumbashi.
How many runways does Ndjili International Airport have?▾
Ndjili International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 13,123 ft / 4,000 m; identifiers include 06/24.