Solwezi Airport

Airport in Solwezi, Zambia

SLI

Location of the airport in Zambia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
08/26		2,700	Asphalt

Source: GCM^[1] Google Maps^[2] SkyVector^[3]

Solwezi Airport (IATA: SLI, ICAO: FLSW) is an airport serving Solwezi, a city in the North-Western Province of Zambia.^[4] 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.^[5]

Location

The airport is located a few kilometers north off the T5, the main road in the area, and approximately 4 kilometres (2mi) northwest of the city centre of Solwezi, the capital and largest city in the North-Western Province.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Proflight Zambia	Lusaka
Zambia Airways	Lusaka

Infrastructure

The runway at Solwezi airport is a 2,700m (8,858 ft) asphalt runway with 115 and 65 metres (377 and 213 ft) paved overruns on the east and west ends respectively to keep aircraft from overrunning the runway. Solwezi also has a non-directional beacon (Ident: SW) located on the field to help aircraft navigate towards the airport.^[6]

References

^ Airport information for Solwezi Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ "Solwezi Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^ "Sowezi Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^ Flightstats, Solwezi Airport (SLI), 19 April 2012
^ @zambia_airways (9 March 2022). "We are pleased to announce…" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "Solwezi NDB (SW) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.