Peter Zuze Air Force Base | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Zambia Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Ndola, Zambia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,170 ft / 1,271 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°59′50″S 28°39′50″E / 12.99722°S 28.66389°E | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Zuze Air Force Base is an airbase located in the city of Ndola in the Copperbelt Province in northern Zambia. It used to be the premises of the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport until late 2021, when Ndola's airport moved its operations 15 km (9.3 mi) to the west (adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial) and this old airport address ceased to be a commercial airport.[1][2][3] It now belongs to the Zambian Air Force.
On 30 July 2021, President Edgar Lungu decided to name this airbase after Zambia's first indigenous air commander, Peter Zuze.[1][2][3] On 5 August 2021, President Edgar Lungu commissioned the opening of the new airport[4][5] adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial, although it took another two months for all operations to complete moving to the new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport from the old location (Peter Zuze Air Force Base).[2][6][7] The new airport officially started on 7 October 2021.[7]
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:8was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "Zambia : President Lungu Commissions Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe international airport, promises to embark on Lusaka-Ndola Dual Carriage as next project". 6 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "Zambia : President Lungu commends defence force for maintaining peace, security". 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ a b "Zambia: Airlines to shift operations to new airport in Ndola Oct. 7". Zambia: Airlines to shift operations to new airport in Ndola Oct. 7 | Crisis24. Retrieved 2022-05-23.