# Kamuzu International Airport (LLW / FWKI)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LLW / FWKI
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Lumbadzi, Lilongwe District, Malawi
- Opened: 1977
- Elevation: 1,230 m / 4,035 ft
- Coordinates: -13.7894, 33.7810
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,540 m / 11,614 ft
- Passengers: 296,190 (2009)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamuzu_International_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721780
- Weather station: FWKI
- Ident: FWKI

## Timeline

- 1977: Kamuzu International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 3,540 m / 11,614 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | yes |

## Routes

11 destinations in 8 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (10)

- [MYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwmy.md) Monkey Bay Airport · Malawi · 127 km / 79 mi · Ulendo Airlink
- [MFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flmf.md) Mfuwe International Airport · Zambia · 208 km / 129 mi · Ulendo Airlink, Proflight Zambia
- [LIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwlk.md) Likoma Island Airport · Malawi · 216 km / 134 mi · Ulendo Airlink
- [BLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcl.md) Chileka International Airport · Malawi · 246 km / 153 mi · Malawi Airlines
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 543 km / 337 mi · Malawi Airlines
- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 598 km / 372 mi · Malawi Airlines, Proflight Zambia
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 971 km / 603 mi · Malawi Airlines
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 1,429 km / 888 mi · Malawi Airlines, Kenya Airways
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 1,490 km / 926 mi · Malawi Airlines, Airlink
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 1,545 km / 960 mi · Malawi Airlines

### Cargo (2)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 1,429 km / 888 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, Astral Aviation
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 4,887 km / 3,037 mi · Emirates SkyCargo

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- 3W [Malawi Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malawi-airlines) · 7

### Passenger (4)

- 7Q [Ulendo Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ulendo-airlink) · 3
- P0 [Proflight Zambia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/proflight-zambia) · 2
- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- EK [Emirates SkyCargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates-skycargo) · 2
- 8V [Astral Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/astral-aviation) · 1

Former hub of [Air Malawi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-malawi).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 296K (2009) | #1,353 of 3,974 | #90 in Africa |  |
| Longest runway | 3,540 m / 11,614 ft | =459 of 29,858 | #61 in Africa | #1 in MW |
| Elevation | 1,230 m / 4,035 ft | =3,466 of 43,403 | #748 in Africa | #6 in MW |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =88 in Africa |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in MW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 128.000 |
| RDR | RADAR | 124.700 |
| TWR | LUMBADZI TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [FWLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwle.md) Old Lilongwe Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [FWCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcs.md) Ntchisi Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [MW-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mw-0005.md) Mponongo Airstrip · 54 km / 33 mi
- [LMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwsm.md) Salima Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [KBQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwkg.md) Kasungu Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [FWTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwtk.md) Mtakatata Airport · 94 km / 58 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: “Kamuzu International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kamuzu_International_Airport&oldid=1372140063), revision of 30 Aug 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/fwki/data