Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport information
International airport in Zambia
This article is about the new airport in Ndola. For Ndola's original airport, see Peter Zuze Air Force Base.
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport
IATA: NLA
ICAO: FLSK
Summary
Airport type
Public
Owner
Government of the Republic of Zambia
Serves
Ndola and Kitwe
Location
Ndola, Zambia
Opened
7 October 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-07)
Time zone
(UTC+2)
Map
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport
Runways
Direction
Length
Surface
ft
m
09/27
11,483
3,500
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport (IATA: NLA, ICAO: FLSK) is an international airport located in Ndola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia. It was officially known as Ndola Airport before being renamed in 2011 in honour of Simon Kapwepwe, the nation's former vice president.[1] It is located adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial about fifteen kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the city centre.[2][3][4] It is accessed by using the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Access Road off the T3 road (Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway).
The original Ndola Airport in Itawa (opened in the 1950s[5]) was built to serve the city of Ndola, the administrative capital of the Copperbelt province. However, as the relocated Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport opened in 2021, it now serves the cities of Kitwe and Ndola in the Copperbelt, Zambia's 2nd and 3rd most populous cities. It additionally handles domestic, regional and international flights for both passengers and cargo.
In late 2021, the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport moved its operations to its current location adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial from its previous location in Ndola's Itawa suburb. This new airport was engineered by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC International) at a cost of $397 million.[6] It was expected to be completed in Mid-2020[6] but was delayed by setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is why it opened the following year.[7]
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^"Copperbelt International Airport". Copperbelt International Airport. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
^"Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
^"Zambia: Airlines to shift operations to new airport in Ndola Oct. 7". Zambia: Airlines to shift operations to new airport in Ndola Oct. 7 | Crisis24. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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^ ab"Zambia : Copperbelt International Airport to be Completed by Mid 2020". LusakaTimes.com. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^"Zambia's $522mn Copperbelt Intrn'l airport project slowed by COVID19". The Business Telegraph. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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