# Albano Machado Airport (NOV / FNHU)

**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).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NOV / FNHU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Huambo, Huambo Province, Angola
- Elevation: 1,703 m / 5,587 ft
- Coordinates: -12.8089, 15.7605
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,660 m / 8,727 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Luanda
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albano_Machado_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2231318
- Weather station: FNHU · WMO 66318
- Ident: FNHU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,660 m / 8,727 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 100° / 280° |  |
| 01/19 | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [CBT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnct.md) Catumbela Airport · Angola · 249 km / 155 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [SPP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnme.md) Menongue Airport · Angola · 295 km / 183 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [SDD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnub.md) Lubango Mukanka International Airport · Angola · 333 km / 207 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [VPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fngi.md) Ngjiva Pereira Airport · Angola · 471 km / 293 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [LAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnlu.md) Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport · Angola · 519 km / 322 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- DT [TAAG Angola Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taag-angola-airlines) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,660 m / 8,727 ft | =1,975 of 29,858 | #287 in Africa | #9 in AO |
| Elevation | 1,703 m / 5,587 ft | =1,386 of 43,403 | #190 in Africa | #3 in AO |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =1 in AO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [FNNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0074.md) Huambo Airport · 2.9 km / 1.8 mi
- [AO-0044](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0044.md) Cuima Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [AO-0052](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0052.md) Chinhama Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [AO-0063](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0063.md) Tchindjenje Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [AO-0051](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0051.md) Cubango River Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [AO-0043](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ao-0043.md) Balombo Airport · 118 km / 73 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: “Albano Machado Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albano_Machado_Airport&oldid=1362958631), 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/fnhu/data