# Mfuwe International Airport (MFU / FLMF)

**Mfuwe International Airport** (IATA: MFU, ICAO: FLMF) is a large airport in Mfuwe, Eastern Province, Zambia. It has one runway, 2,240 m (7,349 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MFU / FLMF
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Mfuwe, Eastern Province, Zambia
- Elevation: 565 m / 1,853 ft
- Coordinates: -13.2589, 31.9366
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,240 m / 7,349 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Lusaka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mfuwe_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3566281
- Weather station: FLMF
- Ident: FLMF

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,240 m / 7,349 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 083° / 263° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · Malawi · 208 km / 129 mi · Ulendo Airlink
- [LIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwlk.md) Likoma Island Airport · Malawi · 331 km / 206 mi · Ulendo Airlink
- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 440 km / 273 mi · Zambia Airways, Proflight Zambia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MFU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- 7Q [Ulendo Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ulendo-airlink) · 2
- P0 [Proflight Zambia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/proflight-zambia) · 1
- ZN [Zambia Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zambia-airways) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,240 m / 7,349 ft | =3,206 of 29,858 | #379 in Africa | #6 in ZM |
| Elevation | 565 m / 1,853 ft | =9,648 of 43,403 | #1,722 in Africa | #93 in ZM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =4 in ZM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [FLAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flab.md) Kakumbi Airstrip · 28 km / 18 mi
- [FLKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flkz.md) Lukuzi Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [CIP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flcp.md) Chipata Airport · 78 km / 48 mi
- [FLBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flbw.md) Nabwalya Airstrip · 92 km / 57 mi
- [FLWW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flww.md) Waka Waka Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [FLAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flat.md) Katete Airport · 97 km / 60 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Mfuwe Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mfuwe_Airport&oldid=1371388269), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/flmf/data