Kolwezi Airport — Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kolwezi Airport serves the mining city of Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, capital of Lualaba Province in the mineral-rich Katanga region of the country's south. At an elevation of about 5,007 feet on the high Katangan plateau, it has a single asphalt runway near 5,741 feet, tied closely to the copper and cobalt industry that dominates the area. Kolwezi is a major center of mining activity, and its airport handles the traffic generated by that industry alongside regional travel. In a country where overland transport is difficult, air links to the mining belt are important. The KWZ code identifies this field serving one of the DRC's key resource cities.