# Chileka International Airport (BLZ / FWCL)

**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).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BLZ / FWCL
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Blantyre, Blantyre District, Malawi
- Elevation: 779 m / 2,555 ft
- Coordinates: -15.6772, 34.9723
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,325 m / 7,628 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chileka_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2670307
- Weather station: FWCL · WMO 67693
- Ident: FWCL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,325 m / 7,628 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 097° / 277° | yes |
| 15/33 | 1,372 m / 4,501 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° |  |

- 10/28 slopes 1.1%: threshold 10 at 754 m / 2,472 ft, threshold 28 at 779 m / 2,555 ft.
- 15/33 slopes 1.7%: threshold 15 at 752 m / 2,468 ft, threshold 33 at 776 m / 2,546 ft.

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · Malawi · 246 km / 153 mi · Malawi Airlines
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 1,082 km / 672 mi · Malawi Airlines
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 1,356 km / 843 mi · Malawi Airlines, Airlink
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 2,774 km / 1,724 mi · Ethiopian Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 3W [Malawi Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malawi-airlines) · 3
- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,325 m / 7,628 ft | =3,006 of 29,858 | #365 in Africa | #2 in MW |
| Elevation | 779 m / 2,555 ft | =6,760 of 43,403 | =1,456 in Africa | #13 in MW |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | #1 in MW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [FWZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwza.md) Zomba Airport · 55 km / 34 mi
- [FWSU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwsu.md) Nchalo Sucoma Airport · 67 km / 41 mi
- [FWNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwnb.md) Ngabu Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [MZ-0031](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0031.md) Milange Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [VUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vuu.md) Mvuu Camp Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [FWBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwbg.md) Bangula Airport · 101 km / 63 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: “Chileka International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chileka_International_Airport&oldid=1363027066), 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/fwcl/data