Copperbelt International Airport

The Copperbelt International Airport is a new airport being developed in Ndola, Zambia, named after the Copperbelt Province.[1][2][3][4] It is located adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial about 10 kilometres west of the Ndola city centre.[5][6] It is accessed by using the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Access Road off the T3 Road (Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway). Once It is complete, it will replace the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport, which is in the Itawa suburb, as the main airport of the region.

The airport is being engineered by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC International) at a cost of $397 million.[3] It was expected to be completed in Mid-2020[3] but was delayed by setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The postponed date of completion is yet to be announced.

Location

The Copperbelt International Airport is located adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial and Ndola Girls Technical Secondary School[5][6] in the western part of Ndola District. It is reachable, by road, using the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial access road, off the Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway. It is approximately 10 kilometres west of the Ndola City Centre (15 kilometres by road).

References
  1. "New Ndola/Copperbelt International Airport New Airport Profile | CAPA". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  2. "Zambia : New Copperbelt International Airport under construction will bring change to the region". LusakaTimes.com. 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  3. "Zambia : Copperbelt International Airport to be Completed by Mid 2020". LusakaTimes.com. 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  4. "African Aerospace - New Copperbelt airport set to shine". www.africanaerospace.aero. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  5. "Copperbelt International Airport". Copperbelt International Airport. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  6. "Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  7. "Zambia's $522mn Copperbelt Intrn'l airport project slowed by COVID19". The Business Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-10-05.


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