Pweto is on the northernmost corner of Lake Mweru, and on the border with Zambia.

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.

This article about an airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a stub.