LUN

Kenneth Kaunda International Airport

ICAO FLKK15.3308°S 28.4527°E1,152 m / 3,779 ftLarge airport
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Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (IATA: LUN, ICAO: FLKK) is a large airport in Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia. It opened in 1967. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,962 m (12,998 ft). In 2012 it handled 925 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1967–1977
1967
OpenedKenneth Kaunda International Airport opens.
14 MAY 1977
Disaster1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash.6 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Domestic TerminalNew private terminalInternational Terminal
10/28095° / 275° · LIT
LENGTH3,962 m12,998 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
15/33141° / 321°
LENGTH823 m2,700 ftWIDTH31 m100 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2011–2012
788K
925K
1112

Routes

21 destinations · 15 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miNLA · Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport · 263 km / 163 miLVI · Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport · 394 km / 245 miHRE · Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · 403 km / 250 miSLI · Solwesi Airport · 417 km / 259 miMFU · Mfuwe International Airport · 440 km / 273 miMNS · Mansa Airport · 469 km / 291 miLLW · Kamuzu International Airport · 598 km / 372 miKAA · Kasama Airport · 639 km / 397 miGBE · Sir Seretse Khama International Airport · 1,059 km / 658 miJNB · O.R. Tambo International Airport · 1,202 km / 747 miWDH · Hosea Kutako International Airport · 1,401 km / 871 miKGL · Kigali International Airport · 1,497 km / 930 miDAR · Julius Nyerere International Airport · 1,503 km / 934 miEBB · Entebbe International Airport · 1,765 km / 1,097 miNBO · Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 1,815 km / 1,128 miCPT · Cape Town International Airport · 2,296 km / 1,427 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 2,934 km / 1,823 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 5,165 km / 3,209 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 5,373 km / 3,339 miLGG · Liège Airport · 7,671 km / 4,767 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 7,860 km / 4,884 miAMSDXBADDCPTNBODARKGLWDHJNBKAALLWSLIHRELVILGGDOHEBBNLAGBEMNSMFULUN
Year-round19
NLASimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International AirportZambia · Zambia Airways, Proflight Zambia263 km163 miLVIHarry Mwanga Nkumbula International AirportZambia · Zambia Airways, Proflight Zambia394 km245 miHRERobert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe · Zambia Airways, Malawi Airlines, Emirates +3403 km250 miSLISolwesi AirportZambia · Proflight Zambia417 km259 miMFUMfuwe International AirportZambia · Zambia Airways, Proflight Zambia440 km273 miMNSMansa AirportZambia · Proflight Zambia469 km291 miLLWKamuzu International AirportMalawi · Malawi Airlines, Proflight Zambia598 km372 miKAAKasama AirportZambia · Proflight Zambia639 km397 miGBESir Seretse Khama International AirportBotswana · Air Botswana1,059 km658 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Zambia Airways, Proflight Zambia, RwandAir +11,202 km747 miWDHHosea Kutako International AirportNamibia · Proflight Zambia1,401 km871 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · RwandAir1,497 km930 miDARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · Zambia Airways, Air Tanzania1,503 km934 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Uganda Airlines1,765 km1,097 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Zambia Airways, Kenya Airways1,815 km1,128 miCPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · Proflight Zambia2,296 km1,427 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines2,934 km1,823 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways5,165 km3,209 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates5,373 km3,339 mi
Most destinationsProflight Zambia 10Zambia Airways 7Malawi Airlines 2Emirates 2Qatar Airways 2Kenya Airways 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LUN. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kenneth Kaunda International Airport” (revision of 16 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers925K (2012)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#853of 3,974 · #49 AfricaLongest runway3,962 m12,998 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#163of 29,823 · #19 Africa · #1 ZMElevation1,152 m3,779 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#3,906of 43,341 · #895 Africa · #48 ZMAgeOpened 19672026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,747of 15,079 · =72 Africa · #2 ZMRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =1 ZM
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPAPP121.300
TWRTWR118.100