Lusaka airport
| Kenneth Kaunda International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | FLKK |
| IATA code | LUN |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 1152 m (3780 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 26 km from Lusaka |
| Street | asphalted |
| Local transport | Taxi, bus |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1967 |
| operator | Zambia Airports Corporation Limited |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 602,122 (2006) |
| Air freight | 16,198 t (2006) |
| Flight movements |
28,834 (2006) |
| Runways | |
| 10/28 | 3962 m × 46 m concrete |
| 15/33 | 823 m × 30 m grass |
The Kenneth Kaunda International Airport ( IATA : LUN , ICAO : FLKK ; until 2011 Lusaka International Airport ) is the international airport of the Zambian capital Lusaka . It has been named after founding president Kenneth Kaunda since 2011 .
Airlines and Destinations
Lusaka is connected to several destinations within Africa by air, including Windhoek and Nairobi . The only long haul flights are currently operated by British Airways to London and Emirates to Dubai . The airport also served as the base of the three now defunct major airlines Zambia Airways , Zambian Airways and Zambezi Airlines .
Incidents
- On May 14, 1977, a Boeing 707-321C of the British Dan-Air ( G-BEBP ) used as a cargo plane for IAS Cargo Airlines crashed vertically on approach 3.6 km west of the airport. The reason was a fatigue fracture of the entire right half of the elevator . All six inmates were killed.
Web links
Commons : Lusaka International Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Zambia Airports Corporation Limited . Zambia's Airports website at www.nacl.co.zm (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sata renames three airports. Lusaka Times, September 27, 2011.
- ↑ accident report G-BEBP, Aviation Safety Network (English) , accessed on 21 January 2016th
