Pweto Airport | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Pweto, Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,625 ft / 1,105 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°24′00″S 28°55′35″E / 8.40000°S 28.92639°E | ||||||||||
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  PWO Location of the airport in the DRC | |||||||||||
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Pweto Airport ( IATA: PWO, ICAO: FZQC) is an airport serving Pweto, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Pweto is on the northernmost corner of Lake Mweru, and on the border with Zambia.
The airport is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the town. It is new, replacing the previous dirt runway to the west of Pweto.
It was upgraded by Chinese company China Jiangxi International (CJIC) in 2011-2013. And the Australian company Mawson West [3] being the major financer to serve its proposed copper mine to the east at Kapulo. After CJIC constructed the runway, Mawson put the mining plans on hold due to low copper prices, and the airport was subsequently acquired and taken private. [4] [5]
See also
Democratic Republic of the Congo portal
Aviation portal- Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
References
- ^ Google Maps - Pweto
- ^ OpenStreetMap - Pweto Airport
- ^ "Mawson West". www.mawsonwest.com. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
- ^ "Mawson West to Place Kapulo Mine on Care and Maintenance". marketwired.com. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Mawson West Announces Notice of Compulsory Acquisition". marketwired.com. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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