AviatDataKenneth Kaunda International Airport LUN / FLKK
Lusaka · Zambia · Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) — state-owned, operates all commercial airports in Zambia and also provides ground handling services directly at LUN (a specific >80% market-share figure circulates in secondary sources but could not be independently verified)
1.7Mpax · 2024
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATAFLKK / LUN
OperatorZambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) — state-owned, operates all commercial airports in Zambia and also provides ground handling services directly at LUN (a specific >80% market-share figure circulates in secondary sources but could not be independently verified)
Coordinates15.3306°S, 28.4525°E
Elevation3,779 ft · 1,152 m
Time zoneCAT (UTC+2, no DST)
Passengers / yr1,680,995 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceFLKK — AIP Zambia (Zambia Civil Aviation Authority, ZCAA)
Operating hoursH24 tower/ATC; no published curfew — scheduled widebody international arrivals/departures (Ethiopian, Emirates, Qatar Airways, KLM) occur at night and early-morning hours
TerminalsTwo terminals: T1 (domestic, no jet bridges) and T2 (international, 6 gates, opened August 2021, ~6M pax/yr design capacity)
Runways (2)
- 10/28 · 3,962 m / 12,999 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS reported on Rwy 10; category, manufacturer, and commissioning date not confirmed against a primary ZCAA/ZACL source
- 15/33 · 823 m / 2,700 ft · Grass
Airport contact
Coordinates (-15.3306, 28.4525) and elevation (3779 ft / 1152 m) cross-checked against Wikidata (Q332302) and match exactly. Terminal Two (international, 6 gates) opened August 2021, roughly doubling capacity to about 6M pax/yr; Rwy 10/28 length (3962m/12999ft) and Rwy 15/33 (823m/2700ft grass) confirmed via Wikipedia infobox wikitext; one secondary database (SkyVector) lists a slightly different 3937m/46m for 10/28, within normal cross-source rounding noise. Rwy 10 is commonly reported to carry an ILS (Normarc, CAT I, commissioned c.2019-2020 per enthusiast/secondary sources), but this could not be confirmed against a primary ZCAA AIP or ZACL publication — category, manufacturer, and date should be treated as unverified pending a direct AIP check. Pax figure is the CY2024 full-year total (1,680,995), cross-confirmed against a secondary source citing 'ZACL Annual Report 2024'; a 2025 total of 1,795,801 (cited to 'ZACL/GCM 2025 data') is also circulating but was not traced to a ZACL primary release, so 2024 remains the more solidly sourced figure.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL)
Airport operator self-provides passenger, ramp and load-control handling at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport; ZACL's own ground-handling page states it holds "over 80% of the scheduled airlines handling market share" and lists check-in and gate services (SITA CUTE/CUSS), VIP handling and Cobus services (zacl.co.zm/corporate/airport-services/ground-handling).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
NAC 2000 Corporation Ltd
Independent IATA-ISAGO accredited handler based at KKIA's Freight Village, confirmed on nac2000.com; the site lists ground handling, passenger handling and corporate aviation/FBO services as appointed agent for scheduled international carriers, though specific airline names are shown only as unlabelled logos and are not independently confirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hadid International Services FZE
Named by Airport Technology (Verdict Media/GlobalData) as one of the ground handling providers at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport alongside NAC 2000 and Jetex. Hadid's own site claims "1500+ airports served worldwide" via a Dubai-based agent network but does not list Zambia/Lusaka explicitly among named locations, so treat as documented-but-unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
TotalEnergies Zambia (Aviation)
Previously documented TotalEnergies Zambia aviation page stated Jet-A1 is supplied "at the following airports Kenneth Kaunda international and Solwezi," but that page returned Not Found on re-check and no aviation-fuel link is currently visible under the site's professionals section; TotalEnergies is a real, major fuel supplier in Zambia so the underlying claim is plausible but could not be re-confirmed live, so downgraded to unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Puma Energy Zambia
Puma Energy's Zambia/aviation page (re-verified) confirms Jet A-1/AVGAS supply and into-plane operations "at our own airport fuelling depots," and lists a Lusaka depot (1710 Munguwi Road) serving 3 airports/airfields in Zambia, but Kenneth Kaunda International Airport is not named explicitly on the fetched pages — evidence is strong circumstantially but unconfirmed by name.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed
NAC 2000 Corporation Ltd
Company markets itself as offering "Technical Handling" and Zambia Civil Aviation Authority AMO-approved line maintenance at KKIA, but the specific certification claim and the previously cited Aviation Week Network article could not be independently located, so treat as documented-but-unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Unconfirmed
Proflight Zambia
Proflight Zambia is a genuine, established Lusaka-based scheduled carrier operating Jetstream 41 and CRJ-200 aircraft, and regional carriers of this size typically run in-house maintenance; however no maintenance/engineering/AMO page could be located on the current proflight-zambia.com site or on Wikipedia to corroborate the specific AMO-since-2014 or C-check-interval claims, so downgraded to unconfirmed pending a direct source.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Newrest Zambia Limited
Newrest's own global network page (newrest.eu) lists Zambia within its Sub-Saharan Africa region with "Inflight" catering services offered; this confirms an operating Newrest catering unit in Zambia, consistent with a Lusaka in-flight kitchen serving KKIA, though the specific 2014 First Catering Limited acquisition and named airline client list (Qatar Airways, Emirates, Proflight Zambia) could not be.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Available
Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL)
"Aircraft Cleaning" is listed as one of ZACL's ground-handling offerings at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on the corporation's own ground-handling services page (zacl.co.zm/corporate/airport-services/ground-handling).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Available
Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL)
Equipment-hire fleet confirmed directly on ZACL's equipment-hire page: passenger steps (manual/motorised), GPU, cherry picker, passenger-assist vehicle, ambulance, tow truck, hi-loader, Cobus, lavatory bowser, air starter unit and conveyor belt, available at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (zacl.co.zm/corporate/airport-services/ground-handling/equipment-hire).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available · 3 providers
NAC 2000 Corporation Ltd
nac2000.com confirms freight forwarding, cargo clearing and export services at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport; specific claims of cold-room storage and lost-baggage tracing appear in marketing material but were not independently verified on the current site.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flow Logistics Solution Limited
ZRA-accredited customs broker (ASYCUDA World) with a confirmed KKIA office/warehouse (Warehouse 346A, Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, Lusaka) per flowlogisticszambia.com, handling air-freight import/export storage, transhipment and consolidation; operating since 2010, member of Global Logistics Associates.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Circle Transtra International
Lusaka-based (Plot 5225 Nsato Road) freight forwarder and customs-clearing agent per ctizambia.com, offering air/sea/road freight and bonded warehousing into Zambia; member of WACO, ZCFAA and ZCILT. The site does not name Kenneth Kaunda International Airport explicitly, though it is the only international air-freight gateway the company's stated "airfreight into Zambia" service could route through; the previously cited 1992 founding date was not found on the current site.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Available · 2 providers
Avis
Car rental counter at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, confirmed via the airport's Wikipedia article: "There are also 2 car rental companies at the airport, Avis and Europcar."
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Europcar
Car rental counter at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, confirmed via the airport's Wikipedia article alongside Avis as the airport's two car rental companies.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Available
Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL)
ZACL's site confirms it facilitates over-flight and landing permits and flight clearance, arranges transit-stop aircraft refuelling, arranges catering and crew accommodation, and lists VIP handling among charter services at KKIA (zacl.co.zm/corporate/airport-services/ground-handling).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
Unconfirmed
Protea Hotel by Marriott Lusaka Airport
Airport-branded hotel adjacent to Kenneth Kaunda International Airport commonly listed among nearest lodging options; no specific airline/crew layover contract documented, so marked unconfirmed pending evidence of an aviation-crew agreement.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source