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 Inhaca and the runway highlighted in red | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Inhaca, Mozambique | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°59′52″S032°55′45″E / 25.99778°S 32.92917°E | ||||||||||||||
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Inhaca Airport( IATA : IHC, ICAO : FQIA) is an airport near Inhaca, a town on Inhaca Island, in the Maputo Province in Mozambique. [2] It is located across Maputo Bay from the country's capital city of Maputo.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Transairways | Maputo |
The airport resides at an elevation of 8 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 650 metres (2,133 ft) in length. [2]
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