# Beira International Airport (BEW / FQBR)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BEW / FQBR
- Type: Large airport
- Owner: Aeroportos de Moçambique
- Serves: Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique
- Opened: 1952
- Elevation: 10 m / 33 ft
- Coordinates: -19.7964, 34.9076
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 113,000 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Maputo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beira_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q381643
- Weather station: FQBR · WMO 67297
- Ident: FQBR

## Timeline

- 1952: Beira International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 105° / 285° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 180,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 164,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 166,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 189,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 206,400 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 207,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 222,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 187,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 209,000 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 261,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 283,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 113,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 722 km / 449 mi · Moçambique Expresso
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 981 km / 610 mi · Airlink
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 3,228 km / 2,006 mi · Ethiopian Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- MXE [Moçambique Expresso](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mocambique-expresso) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 113K (2021) | #1,762 of 3,974 | #117 in Africa | #4 in MZ |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =346 in Africa | =5 in MZ |
| Elevation | 10 m / 33 ft | =40,220 of 43,403 | =3,011 in Africa | =42 in MZ |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =47 in Africa | #2 in MZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in MZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | Approach | 119.700 |
| GND | Ground | 121.700 |
| TWR | Tower | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [MZ-0025](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0025.md) Mafambisse Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [MZ-0019](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0019.md) Québese Airport · 128 km / 79 mi
- [MZ-0018](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0018.md) Buffalo Camp Airstrip · 140 km / 87 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: “Beira Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beira_Airport&oldid=1365522750), revision of 23 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/fqbr/data