Chileka International Airport
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A Zambian Challenger 600 aircraft at the airport
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| IATA: BLZ – ICAO: FWCL | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Blantyre, Malawi | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Nyambala, Chileka | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,555 ft / 779 m | ||||||||||||||
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Chileka International Airport (IATA: BLZ, ICAO: FWCL) is an airport located 16 km (9 nmi; 10 mi) from Blantyre, the second largest city in the Republic of Malawi and the commercial Capital of Malawi's Southern Region.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 2,555 feet (779 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 measures 2,325 by 30 metres (7,628 ft × 98 ft) and 15/33 measures 1,372 m × 30 m (4,501 ft × 98 ft).[1] The airport underwent some major improvements to the terminals, extension of the runways have been suspended due to lack of space & funds.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Malawian Airlines | Beira, Harare, Johannesburg-OR Tambo, Lilongwe, Lusaka, Maputo, Nampula,[3] Tete [4] |
| South African Airways | Johannesburg-OR Tambo |
References
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Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Current weather for FWCL at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BLZ at Aviation Safety Network
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Airport information for FWCL from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for BLZ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ Malawian Airlines begin service to Nampula
- ↑ Malawi Airlines begin operations from January 2014.
