# Quelimane Airport (UEL / FQQL)

**Quelimane Airport** (IATA: UEL, ICAO: FQQL) is a medium airport in Quelimane, Zambezia Province, Mozambique. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,905 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 60 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UEL / FQQL
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: Aeroportos de Moçambique
- Serves: Quelimane, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
- Elevation: 11 m / 36 ft
- Coordinates: -17.8555, 36.8691
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,905 ft
- Passengers: 60,000 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Maputo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quelimane_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1526745
- Weather station: FQQL · WMO 67283
- Ident: FQQL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 174° / 354° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 58,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 50,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 46,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 51,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 72,200 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 73,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 71,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 58,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 61,000 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 77,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 14,400 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 60,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [BEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqbr.md) Beira International Airport · Mozambique · 299 km / 186 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [TET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqtt.md) Tete Airport · Mozambique · 395 km / 245 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [APL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqnp.md) Nampula Airport · Mozambique · 400 km / 249 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 1,000 km / 621 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- TM [LAM Mozambique Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lam-mozambique-airlines) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 60K (2021) | #2,019 of 3,974 | #137 in Africa | #6 in MZ |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | =4,890 of 29,858 | =528 in Africa | =11 in MZ |
| Elevation | 11 m / 36 ft | =40,035 of 43,403 | =2,998 in Africa | =40 in MZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in MZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [MJS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mjs.md) Maganja da Costa Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [INE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ine.md) Chinde Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [LBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbm.md) Luabo Airport · 102 km / 63 mi
- [RRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rrm.md) Marromeu Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [MZ-0042](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0042.md) Mopeia Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [MZ-0041](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0041.md) Vale Chassapa Airport · 147 km / 91 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: “Quelimane Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quelimane_Airport&oldid=1363073645), 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/fqql/data