# Sambava Airport (SVB / FMNS)

**Sambava Airport** (IATA: SVB, ICAO: FMNS) is a medium airport in Sambava, Antsiranana, Madagascar. It has one runway, 1,395 m (4,577 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 80 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SVB / FMNS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sambava, Antsiranana, Madagascar
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: -14.2786, 50.1747
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,395 m / 4,577 ft
- Passengers: 80,170 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Indian/Antananarivo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambava_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7409017
- Weather station: FMNS · WMO 67023
- Ident: FMNS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,395 m / 4,577 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [WMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmnr.md) Maroantsetra Airport · Madagascar · 139 km / 86 mi · Air Madagascar
- [DIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmna.md) Arrachart Airport · Madagascar · 235 km / 146 mi · Air Madagascar
- [TMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmmt.md) Toamasina Ambalamanasy Airport · Madagascar · 435 km / 270 mi · Air Madagascar
- [TNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmmi.md) Ivato International Airport · Madagascar · 579 km / 360 mi · Air Madagascar

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- MD [Air Madagascar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-madagascar) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 80K (2018) | #1,902 of 3,974 | #128 in Africa | #4 in MG |
| Longest runway | 1,395 m / 4,577 ft | =7,989 of 29,858 | #713 in Africa | #16 in MG |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =3,066 in Africa | =74 in MG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in MG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G VOICE RDO | 548.400 |
| AFIS | AFIS | 119.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmnd.md) Andapa Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [ANM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmnh.md) Antsirabe Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [VOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmnv.md) Vohemar Airport · 102 km / 63 mi
- [WMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmnr.md) Maroantsetra Airport · 139 km / 86 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: “Sambava Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sambava_Airport&oldid=1363076323), revision of 7 Jul 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/fmns/data