There are a number of airports in Zaire. However, not all Zaire airports have regularly scheduled flights. We do not list the smallest Zaire airports, since there is no way to provide you flights from those airports. AirGorilla offers flights, hotels, and rental car reservations for Zaire.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Republique democratique du Congo), also often referred to as DRC, RDC, DR Congo, Congo or Congo-Kinshasa, and formerly as Zaire, is the third largest country on the African continent. It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania on the east, Zambia and Angola on the south, and the Republic of the Congo on the west. The country enjoys access to the sea through a narrow forty kilometre stretch, following the Congo river into the Gulf of Guinea. The name "Congo" (meaning "hunter") is derived from that of the river, along with that of the Kongo Empire which controlled much of the region in precolonial times. "Kongo" in turn is coined after the Bakongo ethnic group, living in the Congo river basin.
Formerly the Belgian colony of the Belgian Congo, the country's post-independence name was the Republic of the Congo until August 1, 1964, when its name was changed to Democratic Republic of the Congo (to distinguish it from the neighboring country of the same name). On October 27, 1971, then-President Mobutu Sese Seko renamed the country Zaire, from a Portuguese mispronunciation of the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi, which translates to "the river that swallows all rivers." Following Mobutu's overthrow in 1997, the country was renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since 1998, the country has suffered greatly from the devastating Second Congo War (sometimes referred to as the African World War), the world's deadliest conflict since World War II. ( )
Congo airports
Airports in Congo, Africa airports
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