Solwezi Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Solwezi | ||||||||||
| Location | Solwezi, Zambia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,583 ft / 1,397 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°10′27″S 26°22′00″E / 12.17417°S 26.36667°E | ||||||||||
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Source: GCM Google Maps SkyVector | |||||||||||
Solwezi Airport (IATA: SLI, ICAO: FLSW) is an airport serving Solwezi, a city in the North-Western Province of Zambia. The airport is the largest in the province and was upgraded by Kansanshi Mining PLC with the addition of a new runway able to handle the Boeing 737. Prior to the runway being upgraded there was a small 1200 meter runway not able to handle large aircraft, but with the upgrade of the runway after the mining boom, Proflight Zambia was able to deploy the British Aerospace Jetstream 41 to Solwezi. Also, the newly revived national carrier, Zambia Airways, has begun service from Lusaka to Solwezi utilizing a Dash 8-400.