# Kolwezi Airport (KWZ / FZQM)

**Kolwezi Airport** (IATA: KWZ, ICAO: FZQM) is a medium airport in Kolwezi, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has one runway, 1,750 m (5,741 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KWZ / FZQM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kolwezi, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Elevation: 1,526 m / 5,007 ft
- Coordinates: -10.7659, 25.5057
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,750 m / 5,741 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Lubumbashi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolwezi_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6427966
- Weather station: FZQM · WMO 64328
- Ident: FZQM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,750 m / 5,741 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 101° / 281° |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [FBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqa.md) Lubumbashi International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 239 km / 149 mi · Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 1,316 km / 818 mi · Air Congo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 4H [Air Congo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-congo) · 1
- BU [Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/compagnie-africaine-daviation) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,750 m / 5,741 ft | =5,076 of 29,858 | =551 in Africa | =22 in CD |
| Elevation | 1,526 m / 5,007 ft | =2,015 of 43,403 | #331 in Africa | #12 in CD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in CD |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G VOICE RDO | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [FZQF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqf.md) Fungurume Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [FZQU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqu.md) Lubudi Airport · 107 km / 67 mi
- [FZQN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqn.md) Mutshatsha Airport · 121 km / 75 mi
- [FZQD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqd.md) Mulungwishi Airport · 123 km / 77 mi
- [FLWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flwg.md) West Seven Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [FLSJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flsj.md) Sakeji Airport · 140 km / 87 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: “Kolwezi International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kolwezi_International_Airport&oldid=1364670789), revision of 17 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/fzqm/data