Nampula Airport

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Nampula Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company)
Serves Nampula
Location Nampula, Mozambique
Hub for Kaya Airlines
Elevation  AMSL 1,444 ft / 440 m
Coordinates 15°06′20.20″S39°16′54.48″E / 15.1056111°S 39.2818000°E / -15.1056111; 39.2818000
Map
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APL
Location of airport in Mozambique
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
05/236,5622,000 Asphalt
13/315,1351,565 Gravel

Nampula Airport is an international airport in Nampula, Mozambique ( IATA : APL, ICAO : FQNP). In the northeastern part of Mozambique, with two paved runways.

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Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Airlink Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
LAM Mozambique Airlines Beira, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, [1] Lichinga, Maputo, Tete
Malawian Airlines Blantyre, Lilongwe

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at APL airport. See Wikidata query.

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References

  1. "All airlines flying from Nampula to O.R. Tambo, Johannesburg".