| Mbala Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mbala | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,454 ft / 1,662 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°51′30″S31°20′00″E / 8.85833°S 31.33333°E Coordinates: 8°51′30″S31°20′00″E / 8.85833°S 31.33333°E | ||||||||||
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  MMQ Location of the airport in Zambia | |||||||||||
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Mbala Airport( IATA : MMQ, ICAO : FLBA) is an airport serving Mbala, Northern Province, Zambia. Runway 12 has a displaced threshold of 95 metres (312 ft) that can be used for takeoff.
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.
Mbala is Zambia’s most northerly large town and seat of Mbala District, occupying a strategic location close to the border with Tanzania and controlling the southern approaches to Lake Tanganyika, 40 km by road to the north-west, where the port of Mpulungu is located. It had a population of about 20,000 in 2006. Under the name Abercorn, Mbala was a key outpost in British colonial control of this part of south-central Africa. It is headquarters of an administrative district of the Northern Province.
