| Zambezi Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Zambezi, Zambia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,538 ft / 1,078 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°32′10″S23°06′20″E / 13.53611°S 23.10556°E Coordinates: 13°32′10″S23°06′20″E / 13.53611°S 23.10556°E | ||||||||||
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  BBZ Location of the airport in Zambia | |||||||||||
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Zambezi Airport( IATA : BBZ, ICAO : FLZB) is an airport serving the town of Zambezi in the Northwestern Province of Zambia. The airport is within the town, and just east of the Zambezi River.
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.
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.
Zambezi is a town in the North-Western Province of Zambia, lying on the Zambezi River and the M8 road, west of Kabompo. It is known for the palaces of the chiefs of the Lunda and Lovale people. Until about 1966 it was called Balovale after the dominant chief but the name was changed in an attempt to defuse tensions between the main groups and the government of the newly independent country.
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The Zambezi non-directional beacon (Ident: ZB) is located on the field. [3]
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range.
