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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Ndola Airport in Zambia
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| owner        = Nation city capital at Zambia
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| location     = [[Ndola]], [[Zambia]]
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'''Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport''' {{airport codes|NLA|FLSK}} 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 {{convert|272|km|mi}}, by air, north of [[Lusaka Airport|Lusaka International Airport]], the largest airport in [[Zambia]].<ref>[http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Zambia_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Ndola%20()%20(Airport)%20&toplace=Lusaka%20(Lusaka)%20&fromlat=-12.998139&tolat=-15.4166667&fromlng=28.664944&tolng=28.2833333 Nautical Distance Between Lusaka Airport And Ndola Airport With Map]</ref>

It is situated {{convert|1270|m|ft}} above sea level.<ref>[http://www.airport-data.com/world-airports/FLND-NLA/ Elevation of Ndola Airport]</ref> It has two parallel [[concrete]] runways, one measuring {{convert|1219.2|m|ft}} and the other measuring {{convert|2514.6|m|ft}} in length.<ref>[http://www.airport-data.com/world-airports/FLND-NLA/ Dimensions of Ndola Airport Runways]</ref>

==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]] [[1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash|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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Borger|first1=Julian|title=Plane crash that killed UN boss 'may have been caused by aircraft attack'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/26/plane-crash-which-killed-un-boss-dag-hammarskjold-may-have-been-caused-by-aircraft-attack|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The Guardian|date=26 September 2017}}</ref> The crash site, 15 km west of the airport, has been turned into the [[Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial]].

==Airlines and destinations==
The following airlines have scheduled passenger service at Ndola International airport:

{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Airlink]]| [[OR Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg-OR Tambo]]
|[[Ethiopian Airlines]]| [[Bole International Airport|Addis Ababa]] 
|[[Interair South Africa]]| [[OR Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg-OR Tambo]]
|[[Kenya Airways]]| [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta]] <!--KQ do  have traffic rights from Ndola to Boston Harbor; do not add Lubumbashi as a Kenya Airways destination here -->
|[[Proflight Zambia]]| [[Kasama Airport|Kasama]], [[Lusaka International Airport|Lusaka]], [[Mansa Airport|Mansa]], [[Solwezi Airport|Solwezi]]
|[[South African Airways]]| [[OR Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg-OR Tambo]]
}}

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Zambia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ASN|NLA}}
*{{GCM|FLND}}
*{{NWS-current|FLSK}}
*{{WAD|FLND}}
* {{youtube|VZLzd12wB-E}}

{{Airports in Zambia}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Copperbelt Province]]
[[Category:Ndola]]
[[Category:Airports in Zambia]]