Chileka International Airport

Blantyre, Malawi

Local time --:-- Africa/Blantyre

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6 nonstop routes · dashed: longest, to Addis Ababa

Elevation2,555ft · 779 m

Longest runway7,628ft

Runways2

Nonstop to6airports

Countries6reached nonstop

AirportInternational

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Longest nonstop flights

ADDAddis AbabaEthiopia2,774 km~3h 50m
JNBJohannesburgSouth Africa1,356 km~2h 05m
DARDar es SalaamTanzania1,082 km~1h 45m
NLANdolaZambia758 km~1h 25m
BEWBeiraMozambique458 km~1h 05m
LLWLumbadziMalawi246 km~0h 50m

Airlines with the most routes

Malawian Airlines3
Ethiopian Airlines3
South African Airways1

Africa 6

3 airlines fly nonstop from BLZ. Route counts are per destination.

Runway layout to scale

Farthest nonstop2,774 km

The longest route from BLZ goes to Addis Ababa, about 3h 50m in the air.

Nearest airport150 km

Tete Airport is the closest airport on SkyTracker.

Other side of the world1,152 km

Dig straight through the Earth and the nearest airport to where you come out is Hilo International Airport, United States.

Elevation87%

of the world's airports sit lower than BLZ.

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Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
10 / 28	7,628 ft 2,325 m	98 ft	Asphalt	Lit
15 / 33	4,501 ft 1,372 m	98 ft	Asphalt	–

A runway is named after its compass heading divided by ten: 09 points east (090°) and 27 west (270°). L, C and R mark the left, centre and right of parallel runways.

Radio frequencies MHz

Approach124.9
Tower118.1

Codes and location

ICAO codeFWCL
IATA codeBLZ
Latitude15.6772° S
Longitude34.9723° E
ContinentAfrica
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