Kamembe International Airport () is an airport in Rwanda. RwandAir operates a Dash 8-Q400 with seven flights per week to and from Kigali International Airport. The airport receives charter flights from Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, though not on a regular schedule.
During the Rwandan Civil War, Kamembe Airport was suggested as a site for transiting French arms to the interim government after April 1994.
Location Kamembe Airport is located approximately , by road, north of Cyangugu's central business district, Rusizi District, in the Western Province of Rwanda. The airport is located approximately , by air, southwest of Kigali International Airport, the largest airport in the country. It sits at an altitude of above mean sea level. The geographical coordinates of Kamembe Airport are: 02°27'23.0"S, 28°54'35.0"E (Latitude:-2.456389; Longitude:28.909722).
Overview Kamembe is a medium airport with one paved runway 02/20 that measures long and wide.
History The airport terminal building was heavily damaged by a 2008 earthquake. In 2010 the Rwanda government announced that Kamembe Airport would be repaired and modernized.
By the end of 2012, a new terminal was completed, a new control tower was opened, and Techno Sky, a branch of the Italian publicly-owned ENAV corporation, had installed new navigation systems.
During a May 2013 visit, Infrastructure Minister Albert Nsengiyumva announced that the runway would be widened and lengthened from to by 2015. The airport re-opened in June 2015 and RwandAir began scheduled flights from the airport.
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Rwandair resumes Nairobi flights after two weeks lapse As of 8 December 2009.