AviatDataCabinda Airport (Maria Mambo Café) CAB / FNCA
Cabinda · Angola · Sociedade Gestora de Aeroportos (SGA), S.A. - Angola's state-owned airport-management company, split off from ENANA E.P. and established in 2019 (SGA marked its 7th anniversary in Jul 2026, which confirms the founding year); air navigation services (ATC) are provided separately by ENANA E.P., both companies overseen by the Ministry of Transport
550kpax · 2024
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATAFNCA / CAB
OperatorSociedade Gestora de Aeroportos (SGA), S.A. - Angola's state-owned airport-management company, split off from ENANA E.P. and established in 2019 (SGA marked its 7th anniversary in Jul 2026, which confirms the founding year); air navigation services (ATC) are provided separately by ENANA E.P., both companies overseen by the Ministry of Transport
Coordinates5.5972°S, 12.1881°E
Elevation66 ft · 20 m
Time zoneWAT (UTC+1, no DST)
Passengers / yr550,000 (2024)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceFNCA - AIP Angola (ENANA E.P.)
Operating hoursDaytime scheduled operations only, no night flying. Angola's presidency allocated USD 7.4M in Jan 2026 for pavement rehabilitation of the existing runway; contractor identity and whether work is confined to overnight hours were not independently confirmed
TerminalsSingle small domestic terminal, basic facilities, no dedicated international processing. A New Cabinda International Airport is under construction north of Cabinda city (first construction phase targeted for 2027 per the Transport Minister's Apr 2026 statement); it is not yet operational, and the financed project scope reportedly includes eventual closure of this existing airport once the new one opens
Runways (1)
- 18/36 · 2,500 m / 8,202 ft · 30 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Pax figure is an estimate, not. CAB/Maria Mambo Café remains the operating Cabinda airport as of Sep 2026. The New Cabinda International Airport (sometimes reported near Sassa-Zau/Malembo, Tando-Zinze municipality - that specific site name was NOT independently confirmed, only 'north of Cabinda city' per UK Export Finance's project notice) is financed by a GBP 371M UK Export Finance-backed guarantee on a Standard Chartered loan to Angola's Ministry of Finance, financial close reached Jul 2025, with UK firm Innovo Projects as developer and about 90 UK sub-contractors. This appears to sit on top of an earlier USD 250M Angolan government contract approved Feb 2022 for the same project; the precise relationship between the two financing figures was not resolved. A contract addendum of roughly USD 36.7-40M / EUR 36.7M was approved around Apr 2026 for extra works. Angola's Transport Minister stated in Apr 2026 that the project's first construction phase would be completed in 2027 - later than other Apr 2026 headlines implying a 2026 completion, so treat the timeline as unsettled even within contemporaneous Angolan reporting. Per UK Export Finance's own project description, the financed scope includes eventual CLOSURE of this existing Cabinda airport once the new one is operational, so this record should be revisited when NAIC opens - 'Cabinda's new international airport' coverage remains forward-looking, not yet complete. No confirmed scheduled international service at CAB currently; traffic is dominated by TAAG's domestic Luanda-Cabinda route plus Soyo. SGA (est. 2019) manages the airport commercially while ENANA runs air navigation. Runway width (30m), fuel type, and ILS status are carried over from the prior draft and were not
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Ghassist – Ground Handling Assistance, S.A.
National ground handler describing itself as Angola's ground-handling pioneer, ISO-9001 and IATA-ISAGO certified, with operations covering provincial airports including Cabinda for TAAG and other scheduled carriers (ramp, check-in, load control, baggage, PRM/UM assistance); company self-description confirmed directly on ghassist.com, but the Cabinda-specific certification date and third-party press coverage cited for this station could not be, so treat those specifics as company-sourced rather than independently corroborated.
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Bestfly
Confirmed via multiple independent trade-press reports (BlueSky Business Aviation News, Corporate Jet Investor, Business Airport International, Ground Handling International, Oct 2015): Chevron, through subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd (CABGOC), selected Bestfly to provide ground handling and flight support for its entire Angola aviation operation — a 3-year contract (2-year option) covering CABGOC's 4 Dash-8 Q400s and 10 Bell helicopters serving the Malongo field near Cabinda, ~1,500 pax/week. Bestfly's Cabinda base and its wider role as designated handler there for GA/business traffic is corroborated by its own site and Business Air News handler listings; the draft's characterization of Bestfly as "sole" handler for ALL commercial aircraft at Cabinda is not independently confirmed — TAAG's own station entry indicates TAAG self-handles at least its cargo/mail there, so exclusivity language has been softened.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Bestfly
Operates its own dedicated fuel bowser (reported in service since April 2015, rated up to ACJ320 size) across its Angolan handling network, of which Cabinda is a designated base; deployment of the bowser specifically at Cabinda versus the Luanda HQ base was not independently confirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Sonangol Distribuidora, S.A.
One of only two Jet A-1/Avgas suppliers in the Angolan market (with Pumangol); operates ISO 9000:2008-certified airport bunkering via tanker trucks and tarmac-pit dispensers described as available at national airports generally (Sonangol Distribuidora corporate materials, sonangol.co.ao). A Cabinda-specific fuel farm or into-plane agent was not independently confirmed, so this is flagged unconfirmed pending direct station documentation.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Available
Ghassist – Ground Handling Assistance, S.A.
Provides aircraft interior cleaning, potable-water servicing and lavatory/toilet discharge across its Angolan stations, which include Cabinda (company service list, ghassist.com).
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Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
Ghassist – Ground Handling Assistance, S.A.
Handles cargo and mail at Cabinda as part of its ground-handling scope; a 2020 trade-press item (verangola.net) reported Ghassist launching a GH Express parcel-shipping outlet at Cabinda for inter-provincial air/land parcels up to 100kg — the source page returned an access error on reverification, so this detail is carried from the prior pass unconfirmed rather than independently re-checked.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
TAAG Angola Airlines – Cabinda Cargo & Mail Section
Self-handled, TAAG. TAAG operates scheduled service to Cabinda Airport (confirmed via TAAG's own route network and Wikipedia's airport listing) on what TAAG describes as one of its highest-volume domestic routes, and as flag carrier self-handles its own cargo/mail at domestic stations including Cabinda. A named station contact and specific email/phone were given in the prior pass but could not be independently reverified against flytaag.com's current cargo pages, so contact fields have been nulled rather than restated as confirmed.
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Aviation security
Unconfirmed
SGA – Sociedade Gestora de Aeroportos, S.A.
State airport-management concessionaire (split from ENANA-E.P. in 2019) that manages Angola's provincial airports including Cabinda, and as airport operator would ordinarily have oversight of terminal/apron security per standard concession practice. A Cabinda-resident director and any specific screening/guarding unit or contract were reported in the prior pass citing cabinda.gov.ao, but that claim could not be (the site's homepage does not surface it), so this remains flagged unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
Bestfly
Angola's first dedicated FBO/flight-support operator; provides trip support, flight-ops desk and handling coordination for GA/business and the confirmed Chevron/CABGOC-contracted operations through its Cabinda base (see ground_handling evidence above; Business Air News handler listing).
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Hotel & travel
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