# Old Lilongwe Airport (FWLE)

**Old Lilongwe Airport** (ICAO: FWLE) is a small airport in Lilongwe, Lilongwe District, Malawi. It has one runway, 1,360 m (4,462 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / FWLE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lilongwe, Lilongwe District, Malawi
- Elevation: 1,135 m / 3,722 ft
- Coordinates: -13.9660, 33.7018
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,360 m / 4,462 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90832965
- Weather station: FWKI
- Ident: FWLE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,360 m / 4,462 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 080° / 260° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,360 m / 4,462 ft | =8,264 of 29,858 | =724 in Africa | #3 in MW |
| Elevation | 1,135 m / 3,722 ft | =3,986 of 43,403 | #921 in Africa | #9 in MW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in MW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INFO | LILONGWE INFO | 120.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [MW-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mw-0005.md) Mponongo Airstrip · 41 km / 25 mi
- [FWCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcs.md) Ntchisi Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [FWMC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwmc.md) Mchinji Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [FWTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwtk.md) Mtakatata Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [LMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwsm.md) Salima Airport · 98 km / 61 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/fwle/data