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Southdowns Airport

Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia

All open runways reported not lighted
WGS 84 position -12.90050°, 28.14990° Open map ↗
FIELD ELEVATION 4,145 ft MSL

1,263 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

0 reported lighted · 1 reported not lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 6,562 ft

2,000 metres · 11/29

PUBLISHED COMMS 1

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
11/29 6,562 × 100 ft2,000 × 30 m Asphalt 105.7° / 285.7° east–west Reported not lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
11 LE · low-numbered end 11/29 Reported open 105.7°T 4,145 ft MSL1,263 m Not published -12.89800°, 28.14090° Open end map ↗
29 HE · high-numbered end 11/29 Reported open 285.7°T 4,145 ft MSL1,263 m Not published -12.90290°, 28.15880° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
NDOLA TWR 118.700 MHz No description published

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Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.

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