Airports / Democratic Republic of the Congo / BKY
Bukavu Kavumu Airport
FZMA / BKYKamakombe, Democratic Republic of the CongoELEV 5,643 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
11 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kamembe Airport (KME) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Bukavu Kavumu Airport (FZMA / BKY) is a mid-sized airport serving Kamakombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The field lies at an elevation of 5,643 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BKY has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Kamembe Airport (KME, 11 nm), Goma International Airport (GOM, 46 nm), and Gisenyi Airport (GYI, 47 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BKY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BKY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
FZMA
IATA
BKY
FAA / Local
FZMA
Elevation
5,643 ft
Coordinates
2.3090° S · 28.8088° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Democratic Republic of the Congo fields
state range 915–5,643 ft
At 5,643 ft, BKY sits higher than 95% of the 21 Democratic Republic of the Congo fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 11nmKMEKamembe AirportKamembe
- 46nmGOMGoma International AirportGoma
- 47nmGYIGisenyi AirportGisenyi
- 68nmBJMBujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International AirportBujumbura
- 82nmKGLKigali International AirportKigali
- 94nmGIDGitega AirportGitega
Location
Open the full mapFZMA · Bukavu Kavumu Airport · Kamakombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo