Vilankulo Airport

Vilankulo Airport (IATA: VNX, ICAO: FQVL) is an airport in Mozambique that serves the city of Vilankulo in the Inhambane Province.

Vilankulo Airport
IATA: VNX ICAO: FQVL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company)
Serves	Vilankulo
Location	Vilankulo, Mozambique
Elevation AMSL	46 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	22°01′06.35″S 35°18′47.87″E / 22.0184306°S 35.3132972°E / -22.0184306; 35.3132972
Map
VNX Location of airport in Mozambique
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 2,461 734 Asphalt 17/35 4,823 1,439 Asphalt

Modernisation

In 2009 a Chinese company called Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation began construction work on the airport with an estimated cost of US$9 million to refurbish, expand and modernize the airport. The new terminal building was inaugurated on 13 April 2011 by Mozambican President Armando Guebuza.^[1] The modern air-conditioned International airport will make it possible for larger aircraft to access the airport and use the facilities. Since the expansion of the passenger terminal it has a capacity of 200,000 passengers, up from its previous 75,000 capacity.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Airlink	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Mbombela (ends 5 January 2024)^[2]^[3]
LAM Mozambique Airlines	Inhambane, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Maputo

References

1. A.majacunene (14 April 2011). "MOZNews: PRESIDENT INAUGURATES NEW TERMINAL AT VILANKULO AIRPORT". MOZNews. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
2. "Error | Flyairlink".
3. https://m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/airlink-to-reinforce-its-johannesburg-vilanculos-link-but-axe-its-mbombela-vilanculos-service-2023-06-26