NLA

Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport

ICAO FLSK12.9651°S 28.5156°E1,313 m / 4,308 ftLarge airport
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Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport (IATA: NLA, ICAO: FLSK) is a large airport in Ndola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia. It opened on 7 Oct 2021. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,483 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

2 events · 2011–2021
2011
RenamedRenamed Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport.
07 OCT 2021
OpenedSimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27 · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

8 destinations · 7 countries
Most destinationsProflight Zambia 3Ethiopian Airlines 2Zambia Airways 1Air Tanzania 1Airlink 1Kenya Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NLA. From the Wikipedia article “Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport” (revision of 8 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,500 m11,483 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=489of 29,823 · =64 Africa · #2 ZMElevation1,313 m4,308 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,944of 43,341 · #585 Africa · #19 ZMAgeOpened 20212026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=14,102of 15,079 · =145 Africa · #3 ZMRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =4 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