# Southdowns Airport (KIW / FLSO)

**Southdowns Airport** (IATA: KIW, ICAO: FLSO) is a medium airport in Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/flso

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KIW / FLSO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
- Elevation: 1,263 m / 4,145 ft
- Coordinates: -12.9005, 28.1499
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Lusaka
- Website: http://www.nacl.co.zm/?page_id=395
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southdowns_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7569278
- Ident: FLSO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 106° / 286° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =442 in Africa | #8 in ZM |
| Elevation | 1,263 m / 4,145 ft | =3,298 of 43,403 | #688 in Africa | #25 in ZM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =4 in ZM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| NDOLA TWR |  | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [NLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flsk.md) Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [CGJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flke.md) Kasompe Airport · 46 km / 28 mi
- [FLND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flnd.md) Peter Zuze Air Force Base · 57 km / 35 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/flso/data