# Mbuji Mayi Airport (MJM / FZWA)

**Mbuji Mayi Airport** (IATA: MJM, ICAO: FZWA) is a medium airport in Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has one runway, 1,999 m (6,558 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MJM / FZWA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Elevation: 677 m / 2,221 ft
- Coordinates: -6.1212, 23.5690
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,999 m / 6,558 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Lubumbashi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbuji_Mayi_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652872
- Weather station: FZWA
- Ident: FZWA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,999 m / 6,558 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 161° / 341° | yes |

## Routes

5 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [KGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzua.md) Kananga Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 124 km / 77 mi · Air Congo
- [KWZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqm.md) Kolwezi Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 559 km / 347 mi · Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
- [FBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqa.md) Lubumbashi International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 748 km / 465 mi · Congo Airways
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 920 km / 572 mi · Air Congo
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 2,381 km / 1,479 mi · Ethiopian Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- 4H [Air Congo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-congo) · 2
- BU [Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/compagnie-africaine-daviation) · 1
- 8Z [Congo Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/congo-airways) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,999 m / 6,558 ft | =4,011 of 29,858 | #463 in Africa | #19 in CD |
| Elevation | 677 m / 2,221 ft | =7,909 of 43,403 | #1,566 in Africa | #95 in CD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in CD |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 890.300 |
| APP | APP | 124.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [FZWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzwb.md) Bibanga Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [FZUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzum.md) Mutoto Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [FZWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzwl.md) Munkamba Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [FZWE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzwe.md) Mwene-Ditu Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [KBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzwt.md) Tunta Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [CD-0035](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cd-0035.md) Lubondaie Airport · 113 km / 71 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: “Mbuji Mayi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mbuji_Mayi_Airport&oldid=1363131326), revision of 8 Jul 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/fzwa/data