# Mzuzu Airport (ZZU / FWUU)

**Mzuzu Airport** (IATA: ZZU, ICAO: FWUU) is a medium airport in Mzuzu, Mzimba District, Malawi. It has one runway, 1,308 m (4,291 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZZU / FWUU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mzuzu, Mzimba District, Malawi
- Elevation: 1,254 m / 4,115 ft
- Coordinates: -11.4447, 34.0118
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,308 m / 4,291 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzuzu_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1164118
- Weather station: FWUU · WMO 67489
- Ident: FWUU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,308 m / 4,291 ft | 19 m / 62 ft | Asphalt | 161° / 341° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,308 m / 4,291 ft | =8,634 of 29,858 | =737 in Africa | #4 in MW |
| Elevation | 1,254 m / 4,115 ft | #3,335 of 43,403 | #699 in Africa | #5 in MW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in MW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [FWCC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mw-0001.md) Chintheche Aerodrome · 47 km / 29 mi
- [FWMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwmz.md) Mzimba Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [HTLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htll.md) Liuli Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [TZ-0014](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0014.md) Mbamba Bay Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [FLAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zm-0047.md) Chama Airstrip · 96 km / 59 mi
- [CEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcd.md) Chelinda Airfield · 101 km / 63 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/fwuu/data