Monkey Bay Airport

Monkey Bay Airport
Monkey Bay Airport
	IATA: MYZ; ICAO: FWMY;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Monkey Bay
Elevation AMSL	1,580 ft / 482 m
Coordinates	14°05′00″S34°55′11″E / 14.08333°S 34.91972°E Coordinates: 14°05′00″S34°55′11″E / 14.08333°S 34.91972°E
Map
	FWMY Location of the airport in Malawi
Runways
	Sources: Bing Maps [1] GCM [2]

Last updated September 27, 2019

Monkey Bay Airport( IATA : MYZ, ICAO : FWMY) is an airport serving the Lake Malawi port town of Monkey Bay, in the Southern Region of Malawi.

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 and metropolitan areas 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.

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Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Ulendo Airlink	Lilongwe ^[3]

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References

↑ "Monkey Bay Airport". Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
↑ Airport information for Monkey Bay Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
↑ 2015/2016 timetable, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Monkey Bay Airport". Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

[2] Airport information for Monkey Bay Airport at Great Circle Mapper.

[3] 2015/2016 timetable, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)