Airport map and runways

Southdowns Airport (KIW)

Kitwe, Zambia · ICAO FLSO · IATA KIW

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Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, captured 21 Oct 2026. North is up and the drawing is simplified. Each runway is labelled at its ends.

Location: Kitwe, Zambia
ICAO code: FLSO
IATA code: KIW
Elevation: 4,145 ft
Longest runway: 6,562 ft (11/29)
Runways: 1
Size class: Medium
Position: -12.9005, 28.1499

About FLSO

Southdowns Airport (KIW) is a medium airport in Kitwe, Zambia, with the ICAO code FLSO. It has one runway, 11/29, 6,562 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a hard surface. The OpenStreetMap layout shows 2 taxiway segments, 1 aprons and 1 terminal outlines. The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for FLSO.

Runways

Runways, longest first
Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
11 / 29	6,562 ft	100 ft	Hard	Not lit

Runway idents and sizes from OurAirports. The runway headings in the source do not always match the idents, so only the idents are shown.

Scheduled routes

The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for this airport.

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Sources: airport and runway data from OurAirports (public domain). Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from Virtual Radar Server standing data (CC0), snapshot of 14 Oct 2026.