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Pweto Airport

Coordinates: 8°24′00″S 28°55′35″E / 8.40000°S 28.92639°E / -8.40000; 28.92639
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Pweto Airport
Summary
ServesPweto, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation AMSL3,625 ft / 1,105 m
Coordinates8°24′00″S 28°55′35″E / 8.40000°S 28.92639°E / -8.40000; 28.92639
Map
PWO is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
PWO
PWO
Location of the airport in the DRC
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
Sources: Google Maps[1] OpenStreetMap[2]

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]

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References

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  1. ^ Google Maps - Pweto
  2. ^ OpenStreetMap - Pweto Airport
  3. ^ "Mawson West". www.mawsonwest.com. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  4. ^ "Mawson West to Place Kapulo Mine on Care and Maintenance". marketwired.com. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  5. ^ "Mawson West Announces Notice of Compulsory Acquisition". marketwired.com. Retrieved September 18, 2017.