| Milliken Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kabwe, Zambia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,920 ft / 1,195 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°27′00″S28°22′45″E / 14.45000°S 28.37917°E Coordinates: 14°27′00″S28°22′45″E / 14.45000°S 28.37917°E | ||||||||||
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Milliken Airport( ICAO : FLKW) is an airport serving Kabwe, a city in the Central Province of Zambia. The airport is on the west side of the city.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
Kabwe is the capital of the Zambian Central Province with a population estimated at 202,914 at the 2010 census. Named Broken Hill until 1966, it was founded when lead and zinc deposits were discovered in 1902. Kabwe also has a claim to being the birthplace of Zambian politics as it was an important political centre during the colonial period. It is an important transportation and mining centre.
Central Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces. The provincial capital is Kabwe, which is the home of the Mulungushi Rock of Authority. Central Province has an area of 94,394 km (58,654 mi). It borders eight other provinces and has six districts. The total area of forest in the province is 9,095,566 ha, and it has a national park and three game management areas.
