BEW

Beira International Airport

ICAO FQBR19.7964°S 34.9076°E10 m / 33 ftLarge airport
On the map
Beira Airport DF-SD-01-01511
SSGT Robert A. Talenti · Public domain · Commons

Beira International Airport (IATA: BEW, ICAO: FQBR) is a large airport in Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique. It opened in 1952. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 113 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1952–1952
1952
OpenedBeira International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aeroporto Internacio nal da Beira
12/30105° / 285° · LIT
LENGTH2,400 m7,874 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
180K
164K
166K
189K
206K
207K
222K
187K
209K
261K
283K
113K
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Routes

3 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsMoçambique Expresso 1Airlink 1Ethiopian Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BEW. From the Wikipedia article “Beira Airport” (revision of 23 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers113K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,762of 3,974 · #117 Africa · #4 MZLongest runway2,400 m7,874 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,844of 29,823 · =346 Africa · =5 MZElevation10 m33 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,160of 43,341 · =3,011 Africa · =42 MZAgeOpened 19522026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,844of 15,079 · =47 Africa · #2 MZRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =5 MZ
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

3 channels
APPApproach119.700
GNDGround121.700
TWRTower118.100