# Vilankulo Airport (VNX / FQVL)

**Vilankulo Airport** (IATA: VNX, ICAO: FQVL) is a medium airport in Vilanculo, Inhambane Province, Mozambique. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,470 m (4,823 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VNX / FQVL
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: Aeroportos de Moçambique
- Serves: Vilanculo, Inhambane Province, Mozambique
- Elevation: 14 m / 46 ft
- Coordinates: -22.0184, 35.3133
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,470 m / 4,823 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Maputo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilankulo_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7930082
- Weather station: FQVL · WMO 67315
- Ident: FQVL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,470 m / 4,823 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 156° / 336° | yes |
| 10/28 | 750 m / 2,461 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [INH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqin.md) Inhambane Airport · Mozambique · 207 km / 129 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 516 km / 321 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines
- [MQP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakn.md) Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport · South Africa · 569 km / 354 mi · Airlink
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 851 km / 529 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- 7V [Federal Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/federal-air)

### Passenger (2)

- TM [LAM Mozambique Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lam-mozambique-airlines) · 3
- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,470 m / 4,823 ft | =7,413 of 29,858 | =686 in Africa | #17 in MZ |
| Elevation | 14 m / 46 ft | =39,495 of 43,403 | =2,972 in Africa | #37 in MZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =1 in MZ |

## Radio frequencies

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

## Nearby airports

- [BCW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bcw.md) Benguera Island Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [IBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ibl.md) Indigo Bay Lodge Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [BZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bzb.md) Bazaruto Island Airport · 56 km / 35 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: “Vilankulo Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vilankulo_Airport&oldid=1363085795), 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/fqvl/data