Chingozi Airport

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Chingozi Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company)
Serves Tete
Location Tete, Mozambique
Elevation  AMSL 525 ft / 160 m
Coordinates 16°06′29″S33°38′25″E / 16.10806°S 33.64028°E / -16.10806; 33.64028
Map
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TET
Location of airport in Mozambique
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
01/198,2252,507 Asphalt

Chingozi Airport (or Matundo Airport) is an airport in Tete, Mozambique ( IATA : TET, ICAO : FQTT).

According to the BBC, a new airport may be built and the current one shut down to allow for coal mining activities. [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Airlink Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
LAM Mozambique Airlines Beira, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Lichinga, Maputo, Nampula, Quelimane
Moçambique Expresso Maputo

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References

  1. "Mozambique town transformed by coal rush". BBC News. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2015.