# Solwesi Airport (SLI / FLSW)

**Solwesi Airport** (IATA: SLI, ICAO: FLSW) is a small airport in Solwesi, North-Western Province, Zambia. It has one runway, 2,700 m (8,858 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SLI / FLSW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Solwesi, North-Western Province, Zambia
- Elevation: 1,387 m / 4,551 ft
- Coordinates: -12.1737, 26.3651
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,700 m / 8,858 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Lusaka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solwezi_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7559061
- Weather station: FLSW · WMO 67551
- Ident: FLSW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | 37 m / 120 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 417 km / 259 mi · Zambia Airways, Proflight Zambia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SLI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- P0 [Proflight Zambia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/proflight-zambia) · 1
- ZN [Zambia Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zambia-airways) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | =1,894 of 29,858 | =276 in Africa | #4 in ZM |
| Elevation | 1,387 m / 4,551 ft | =2,603 of 43,403 | =481 in Africa | #10 in ZM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =4 in ZM |

## Nearby airports

- [FLWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flwg.md) West Seven Airport · 80 km / 49 mi
- [UMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zm-0045.md) Kalumbila Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [FLWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flwa.md) West One Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [FLWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flwf.md) West Six Airport · 122 km / 76 mi
- [FLWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flwc.md) West Three Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [FBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqa.md) Lubumbashi International Airport · 142 km / 88 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Solwezi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solwezi_Airport&oldid=1363079648), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/flsw/data