# Lichinga Airport (VXC / FQLC)

**Lichinga Airport** (IATA: VXC, ICAO: FQLC) is a medium airport in Lichinga, Niassa Province, Mozambique. It has one runway, 2,530 m (8,300 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VXC / FQLC
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: Aeroportos de Moçambique
- Serves: Lichinga, Niassa Province, Mozambique
- Elevation: 1,373 m / 4,505 ft
- Coordinates: -13.2740, 35.2663
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,530 m / 8,300 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Maputo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichinga_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11824536
- Weather station: FQLC · WMO 67217
- Ident: FQLC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,530 m / 8,300 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 071° / 251° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [APL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqnp.md) Nampula Airport · Mozambique · 478 km / 297 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [UEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqql.md) Quelimane Airport · Mozambique · 538 km / 334 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 1,434 km / 891 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- TM [LAM Mozambique Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lam-mozambique-airlines) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,530 m / 8,300 ft | =2,235 of 29,858 | #303 in Africa | #3 in MZ |
| Elevation | 1,373 m / 4,505 ft | =2,658 of 43,403 | #501 in Africa | #1 in MZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in MZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [MZ-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0003.md) Metangula Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [MZ-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0002.md) Macalonge Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [LMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwsm.md) Salima Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [MYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwmy.md) Monkey Bay Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [CMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcm.md) Club Makokola Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [MZ-0061](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0061.md) Mandimba Airport · 126 km / 78 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: “Lichinga Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lichinga_Airport&oldid=1362783707), revision of 6 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/fqlc/data