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Peter Zuze Air Force Base

Ndola, Zambia

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FLND

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4170 ft

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Ndola · 08 · Zambia

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-12.997°, 28.664° · 4170 ft elev.

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Zambia Air Force base serving the Copperbelt region.

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Ndola, Zambia

Peter Zuze Air Force Base, designated by the ICAO code FLND, is a military airfield located in Ndola, the capital of the Copperbelt Province in Zambia. It serves as an operational base for the Zambia Air Force and is named in honor of a figure associated with Zambian military aviation history. The base is situated near Ndola, which is also served by Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport, the principal civilian airport for the region. Peter Zuze Air Force Base is primarily used for military purposes and does not handle scheduled commercial passenger traffic.

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›Operated by the Zambia Air Force as a military installation.
›Located in Ndola, capital of Zambia's Copperbelt Province.
›ICAO code is FLND; no IATA code assigned.
›Not open to scheduled civilian or commercial air traffic.
›Ndola's civilian air traffic is handled by Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport.

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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 and this old airport address ceased to be a commercial airport. It now belongs to the Zambian Air Force.

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Times of Zambia -· 9/17/2026

Peter Zuze: The pilot who gave Zambia wings

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Simple Flying· 6/11/2023

A Brief History Of Flights Landing At The Wrong Airport

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Mwebantu· 7/30/2021

President Lungu renames old Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Inter. Airport to Peter Zuze Air Force Base

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Peter Zuze Air Force Base

Airport in Ndola, Zambia

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