# Karonga Airport (KGJ / FWKA)

**Karonga Airport** (IATA: KGJ, ICAO: FWKA) is a medium airport in Karonga, Karonga District, Malawi. It has one runway, 1,280 m (4,200 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KGJ / FWKA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Karonga, Karonga District, Malawi
- Elevation: 538 m / 1,765 ft
- Coordinates: -9.9536, 33.8933
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,280 m / 4,200 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karonga_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373238
- Weather station: FWKA · WMO 67423
- Ident: FWKA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,280 m / 4,200 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,280 m / 4,200 ft | =8,998 of 29,858 | #758 in Africa | #5 in MW |
| Elevation | 538 m / 1,765 ft | =10,145 of 43,403 | =1,776 in Africa | #14 in MW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in MW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G VOICE RDO | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [FWCB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcb.md) Chilumba Private Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [CEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcd.md) Chelinda Airfield · 68 km / 42 mi
- [FWCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwct.md) Chitipa Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [JOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htnj.md) Njombe Airport · 120 km / 75 mi
- [HTMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmb.md) Mbeya Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [MBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htgw.md) Songwe Airport · 134 km / 83 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/fwka/data