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{{Infobox | {{Infobox airport | ||
| name = Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport | | name = Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport | ||
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| IATA = NLA | | IATA = NLA | ||
| ICAO = FLSK | | ICAO = FLSK | ||
| pushpin_map = Zambia | |||
| pushpin_label= NLA | |||
| | | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Ndola Airport in Zambia | ||
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| type = Public, [[civilian]] | | type = Public, [[civilian]] | ||
| owner = Nation city capital at Zambia | | owner = Nation city capital at Zambia | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Ndola Airport is an airport that serves the city of Ndola and surrounding cities on the copperbelt. It handles domestic and international flights for both passengers and cargo. | Ndola Airport is an airport that serves the city of Ndola and surrounding cities on the copperbelt. It handles domestic and international flights for both passengers and cargo. | ||
On 18 September 1961, a UN charter flight carrying [[United Nations Secretary General]] [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] [[1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash|crashed]] en route to land at Ndola Airport. Hammarskjöld and 15 others died in the crash. Although the cause of the crash has never been completely ascertained, it may have been caused by an aircraft attack.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Borger|first1=Julian|title=Plane crash that killed UN boss 'may have been caused by aircraft attack'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/26/plane-crash-which-killed-un-boss-dag-hammarskjold-may-have-been-caused-by-aircraft-attack|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The Guardian|date=26 September 2017}}</ref> The crash site, 15 km west of the airport, has been turned into the [[Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial]]. | |||
==Airlines and destinations== | ==Airlines and destinations== | ||
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|[[Kenya Airways]]| [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta]] <!--KQ do have traffic rights from Ndola to Boston Harbor; do not add Lubumbashi as a Kenya Airways destination here --> | |[[Kenya Airways]]| [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta]] <!--KQ do have traffic rights from Ndola to Boston Harbor; do not add Lubumbashi as a Kenya Airways destination here --> | ||
|[[Proflight Zambia]]| [[Kasama Airport|Kasama]], [[Lusaka International Airport|Lusaka]], [[Mansa Airport|Mansa]], [[Solwezi Airport|Solwezi]] | |[[Proflight Zambia]]| [[Kasama Airport|Kasama]], [[Lusaka International Airport|Lusaka]], [[Mansa Airport|Mansa]], [[Solwezi Airport|Solwezi]] | ||
|[[South African Airways]]| [[OR Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg-OR Tambo | |[[South African Airways]]| [[OR Tambo International Airport|Johannesburg-OR Tambo]] | ||
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