Southern Africa
Zambia
Copperbelt

Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe

Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe is an airport in , and has an elevation of 1,308 metres. Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe is situated nearby to , as well as near the locality .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport and Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial.

Aerodrome
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an in , Copperbelt Province, Zambia. It was called Ndola Airport before being renamed in 2011 for Simon Kapwepwe, the nation's former vice president.

Memorial
The Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site marks the place of the plane crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld, the second and then-sitting Secretary-General of the United Nations was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Léopoldville Congo Republic.

Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe

Latitude
-12.96179° or 12° 57′ 42″ south
Longitude
28.51624° or 28° 30′ 59″ east
Elevation
1,308 metres (4,291 feet)
ICAO airport code
FLND
Open location code
5GVC2GQ8+7F
Geo­Names ID
13312513
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