Mzuzu Airport

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Mzuzu Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
Serves Mzuzu, Malawi
Elevation  AMSL 4,115 ft / 1,254 m
Coordinates 11°26′41″S034°00′42″E / 11.44472°S 34.01167°E / -11.44472; 34.01167
Map
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ZZU
Location of airport in Malawi
Mzuzu Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
17/351,6005,250 Bitumen
Source: DAFIF [1] [2]

Mzuzu Airport( IATA : ZZU, ICAO : FWUU) is an airport serving Mzuzu, [1] the capital city of the Northern Region of the Republic of Malawi.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 4,115 feet (1,254 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a bitumen surface measuring 1,308 by 19 metres (4,291 ft × 62 ft). [1]

Accidents and incidents

On 10 June, 2024, a plane carrying the vice president of Malawi, Saulos Chilima, attempted to land in Mzuzu from Lilongwe. It turned back due to poor visibility and later crashed, killing all onboard. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Airport information for FWUU [usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for ZZU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ "Saulos Chilima: Malawi vice-president confirmed dead in plane crash". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.



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