Mzuzu Airport

Mzuzu Airport
Mzuzu Airport
	IATA: ZZU; ICAO: FWUU;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
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
Map
	ZZU Location of airport in Malawi
Runways
	Source: DAFIF [1] [2]

Last updated April 26, 2019

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

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, they also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation.

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]

Elevation Height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface . The term elevation is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit, and depth is used for points below the surface.

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface.

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References

1 2 3 Airport information for FWUU from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
↑ Airport information for ZZU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).

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[WAD-1] 1 2 3 Airport information for FWUU from DAFIF (effective October 2006)

[GCM-2] Airport information for ZZU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).