# Nampula Airport (APL / FQNP)

**Nampula Airport** (IATA: APL, ICAO: FQNP) is a large airport in Nampula, Nampula Province, Mozambique. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,000 m (6,562 ft). In 2021 it handled 153 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: APL / FQNP
- Type: Large airport
- Owner: Aeroportos de Moçambique
- Serves: Nampula, Nampula Province, Mozambique
- Elevation: 440 m / 1,444 ft
- Coordinates: -15.1056, 39.2818
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Passengers: 153,000 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Maputo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nampula_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1526611
- Weather station: FQNP · WMO 67237
- Ident: FQNP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 13/31 | 1,565 m / 5,135 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Gravel | 119° / 299° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 142,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 150,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 174,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 220,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 261,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 234,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 210,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 220,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 242,000 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 236,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 119,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 153,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [VXC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqlc.md) Lichinga Airport · Mozambique · 478 km / 297 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [TET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqtt.md) Tete Airport · Mozambique · 614 km / 382 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [BEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqbr.md) Beira International Airport · Mozambique · 698 km / 434 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 1,390 km / 864 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 1,555 km / 966 mi · Kenya Airways
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 1,679 km / 1,043 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- TM [LAM Mozambique Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lam-mozambique-airlines) · 5
- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1

Former hub of [Air Corridor](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-corridor).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 153K (2021) | =1,651 of 3,974 | =110 in Africa | =2 in MZ |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =442 in Africa | =8 in MZ |
| Elevation | 440 m / 1,444 ft | =12,505 of 43,403 | =1,976 in Africa | #13 in MZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =1 in MZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 128.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [ANO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqag.md) Angoche Airport · 139 km / 86 mi
- [LFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqlu.md) Lumbo Airport · 149 km / 93 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: “Nampula Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nampula_Airport&oldid=1365522802), 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/fqnp/data