# Pemba Airport (POL / FQPB)

**Pemba Airport** (IATA: POL, ICAO: FQPB) is a medium airport in Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,905 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 153 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: POL / FQPB
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: Aeroportos de Moçambique
- Serves: Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
- Elevation: 101 m / 331 ft
- Coordinates: -12.9933, 40.5249
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,905 ft
- Passengers: 153,000 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Maputo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemba_Airport_(Mozambique) (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1392430
- Weather station: FQPB · WMO 67215
- Ident: FQPB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 161° / 341° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 98,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 97,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 121,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 131,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 143,500 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 131,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 110,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 101,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 114,000 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 149,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 113,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 153,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 1,945 km / 1,209 mi · Airlink

### Cargo (1)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 1,357 km / 843 mi · Astral Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- 8V [Astral Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/astral-aviation) · 1

## 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 | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | =4,890 of 29,858 | =528 in Africa | =11 in MZ |
| Elevation | 101 m / 331 ft | =30,547 of 43,403 | #2,669 in Africa | #22 in MZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in MZ |

## Radio frequencies

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

## Nearby airports

- [MZ-0046](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0046.md) Quirimba Airstrip · 63 km / 39 mi
- [IBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqib.md) Ibo Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [MZ-0013](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0013.md) Matemo Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [MZ-0033](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0033.md) Chiure Airport · 91 km / 56 mi
- [MZ-0034](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0034.md) Macomia Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [MZ-0035](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0035.md) Meluco Airport · 108 km / 67 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: “Pemba Airport (Mozambique)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pemba_Airport_(Mozambique)&oldid=1363070697), 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/fqpb/data