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Kamuzu International Airport

ICAO FWKI13.7894°S 33.7810°E1,230 m / 4,035 ftLarge airport
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Kamuzu International Airport (IATA: LLW, ICAO: FWKI) is a large airport in Lumbadzi, Lilongwe District, Malawi. It opened in 1977. It has one runway, 3,540 m (11,614 ft) long, asphalt. In 2009 it handled 296 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1977–1977
1977
OpenedKamuzu International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
VIP Terminal
14/32131° / 311° · LIT
LENGTH3,540 m11,614 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

11 destinations · 8 countries
Most destinationsMalawi Airlines 7Ulendo Airlink 3Proflight Zambia 2Emirates SkyCargo 2Kenya Airways 1Airlink 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LLW. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kamuzu International Airport” (revision of 30 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers296K (2009)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,353of 3,974 · #90 AfricaLongest runway3,540 m11,614 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=459of 29,823 · #61 Africa · #1 MWElevation1,230 m4,035 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=3,461of 43,341 · #748 Africa · #6 MWAgeOpened 19772026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,549of 15,079 · =88 AfricaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =2 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

3 channels
APPAPP128.000
RDRRADAR124.700
TWRLUMBADZI TWR118.700