Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport is an airport located in Copperbelt Province in northern Zambia, in the city of Ndola, near the international border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was officially known as Ndola Airport before being renamed in 2011 in honour of Simon Kapwepwe, the nation's former vice president.
It lies approximately, by air, north of Lusaka International Airport, the largest airport in Zambia.
It is situated above sea level. It has two parallel concrete runways, one measuring and the other measuring in length.
The Ndola non-directional beacon is located west of the airport. The Ndola VOR-DME is located on the field.Overview
Ndola Airport is an airport that serves the city of Ndola and surrounding cities on the copperbelt. It handles domestic and international flights for both passengers and cargo.
On 18 September 1961, a UN charter flight carrying United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld crashed en route to land at Ndola Airport. Hammarskjöld and 15 others died in the crash. Although the cause of the crash has never been completely ascertained, it may have been caused by an aircraft attack. The crash site, 15 km west of the airport, has been turned into the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial.The following airlines have scheduled passenger service at Ndola International airport:
