BLZ

Chileka International Airport

ICAO FWCL15.6772°S 34.9723°E779 m / 2,555 ftLarge airport
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Chileka International Airport (IATA: BLZ, ICAO: FWCL) is a large airport in Blantyre, Blantyre District, Malawi. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,325 m (7,628 ft).

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Bakili Muluzi Airport TerminalVIP Terminal
10/28097° / 277° · LIT · SLOPE 1.1%
LENGTH2,325 m7,628 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt
15/33141° / 321° · SLOPE 1.7%
LENGTH1,372 m4,501 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

4 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsMalawi Airlines 3Airlink 1Ethiopian Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BLZ. From the Wikipedia article “Chileka International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,325 m7,628 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,005of 29,823 · #365 Africa · #2 MWElevation779 m2,555 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=6,756of 43,341 · =1,456 Africa · #13 MWRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · #1 MW
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPAPP124.900
TWRTWR118.100