AirportsSimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport is a large airport serving Ndola, in Copperbelt Province, Zambia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NLA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NLA
- ICAO code
- FLSK
- City
- Ndola
- State or region
- Copperbelt Province
- Country
- Zambia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 12.9651° S, 28.5156° E
- Elevation
- 1,313 m (4,308 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,500 m (11,483 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NLA means Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: FLSK. ICAO codes that begin with F belong to central and southern Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 12.9651° S, 28.5156° E. It stands 1,313 metres (4,308 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Lusaka, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,500 metres (11,483 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 6 airports of Zambia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,500 m 11,483 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lubumbashi International AirportLubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo | FBM | 186 km |
| Solwesi AirportSolwesi | SLI | 249 km |
| Kenneth Kaunda International AirportLusaka | LUN | 263 km |
| Mfuwe International AirportMfuwe | MFU | 372 km |
| Kariba AirportKariba, Zimbabwe | KAB | 397 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,969 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,025 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,150 km | 6 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,692 km | 9 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,973 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,944 km | 19 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,470 km | 10 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,756 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,022 km | 15 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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