Airport · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bunia Airport
A medium airport with scheduled flights, serving Bunia.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Ituri at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- Codes
- BUX · FZKA
- Serves
- Bunia
- 3.6 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Elevation
- 1,233 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,500 m
- From DXB
- 3,770 km
- 5 hrs 10 mins · Estimate
Facts
BUX at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA BUXICAO FZKA
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Bunia
- To the city centre
- 3.6 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 1,233 m (4,045 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,500 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Bunia, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
BUX from the UAE
From DXBBUX
3,770 km
5 hrs 10 mins · Estimate
From AUHBUX
3,660 km
5 hrs 5 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Airports
Other airports near BUX
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Currency
- Congolese Franc CDFToday's indicative rate: CDF 1,000 ≈ USD 0.433Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and E220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 113fire114police118policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +243 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Ituri at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)