Albano Machado Airport

ICAO FNHU12.8089°S 15.7605°E1,703 m / 5,587 ftMedium airport

Albano Machado Airport (IATA: NOV, ICAO: FNHU) is a medium airport in Huambo, Huambo Province, Angola. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,660 m (8,727 ft).

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

11/29100° / 280°

LENGTH2,660 m8,727 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

01/19

LENGTH1,000 m3,281 ftWIDTH—SURFACE—

Routes

5 destinations · 1 country

Year-round5

CBTCatumbela AirportAngola · TAAG Angola Airlines249 km155 mi SPPMenongue AirportAngola · TAAG Angola Airlines295 km183 mi SDDLubango Mukanka International AirportAngola · TAAG Angola Airlines333 km207 mi VPENgjiva Pereira AirportAngola · TAAG Angola Airlines471 km293 mi LADQuatro de Fevereiro International AirportAngola · TAAG Angola Airlines519 km322 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NOV. From the Wikipedia article “Albano Machado Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway2,660 m8,727 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,975of 29,823 · #287 Africa · #9 AO Elevation1,703 m5,587 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=1,384of 43,341 · #190 Africa · #3 AO Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =1 AO

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels

AFISAFIS118.300