Catumbela Airport guide

Catumbela Airport (ICAO FNCT), also called Aeroporto Internacional Paulo Teixeira Jorge, serves the coastal Benguela Province of Angola. It sits between the port city of Lobito and the resort city of Benguela, next to the town of Catumbela. The airport handles both civil and military flights.

The airport opened in 2012 after an expansion and restoration. It was built as an alternative to Luanda's airport, with an estimated capacity of 2.2 million passengers a year. It has one asphalt runway, 02/20, which is 3,700 metres long. The terminal has two boarding bridges, 16 check-in counters and 18 immigration counters.

Scheduled flights were mostly domestic for years while the airport waited for international certification, which was granted in December 2024. TAAG Angola Airlines flies to Luanda, Lubango and Ondjiva. Fly Angola connects Luanda with Windhoek in Namibia. No public passenger or movement statistics are available.