# Dwangwa Airport (DWA / FWDW)

**Dwangwa Airport** (IATA: DWA, ICAO: FWDW) is a medium airport in Dwangwa, Nkhotakota District, Malawi. It has one runway, 1,213 m (3,980 ft) long.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DWA / FWDW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Dwangwa, Nkhotakota District, Malawi
- Elevation: 489 m / 1,605 ft
- Coordinates: -12.5175, 34.1319
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,213 m / 3,980 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwanga_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11824354
- Weather station: FWKK · WMO 67591
- Ident: FWDW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,213 m / 3,980 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,213 m / 3,980 ft | =10,032 of 29,858 | #788 in Africa | #8 in MW |
| Elevation | 489 m / 1,605 ft | =11,226 of 43,403 | #1,877 in Africa | #19 in MW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in MW |

## Nearby airports

- [ZZU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwuu.md) Mzuzu Airport · 120 km / 75 mi
- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · 146 km / 91 mi
- [VXC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqlc.md) Lichinga Airport · 149 km / 93 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)
- [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/fwdw/data