# Chipata Airport (CIP / FLCP)

**Chipata Airport** (IATA: CIP, ICAO: FLCP) is a small airport in Chipata, Eastern Province, Zambia. It has one runway, 1,470 m (4,823 ft) long.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/flcp

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CIP / FLCP
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Chipata, Eastern Province, Zambia
- Elevation: 1,024 m / 3,360 ft
- Coordinates: -13.5583, 32.5872
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,470 m / 4,823 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Lusaka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipata_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275114
- Weather station: FLCP · WMO 67581
- Ident: FLCP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,470 m / 4,823 ft |  |  |  |  |

- 18/36 slopes 1.4%: threshold 18 at 1,004 m / 3,295 ft, threshold 36 at 1,025 m / 3,363 ft.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,470 m / 4,823 ft | =7,413 of 29,858 | =686 in Africa | #11 in ZM |
| Elevation | 1,024 m / 3,360 ft | =4,617 of 43,403 | =1,096 in Africa | #70 in ZM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =4 in ZM |

## Nearby airports

- [FWMC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwmc.md) Mchinji Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [MFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flmf.md) Mfuwe International Airport · 78 km / 48 mi
- [FWLP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwlp.md) Lifupa Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [FLAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flat.md) Katete Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [MW-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mw-0005.md) Mponongo Airstrip · 93 km / 58 mi
- [FLKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flkz.md) Lukuzi Airport · 99 km / 62 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/flcp/data