MPMFQMA

Maputo Airport

Maputo, Mozambique

Africa Africa/Maputo IVCA 42.6

20direct destinations

10airlines

2runways

3,660 mLongest runway

1938opened

Maputo International Airport (IATA: MPM, ICAO: FQMA), also known as Mavalane International Airport, formerly Lourenço Marques Airport (IATA: LUM), is an airport located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of the center of Maputo, the largest city and capital of Mozambique. It is the largest airport in Mozambique, and hub for LAM Mozambique Airlines. Most of the destinations served by the airport are in Africa, but there are a few intercontinental services.

Location

25.921°S, 32.573°E · 44 m s. n. m. (145 ft)

General data

CountryMozambique

CityMaputo

IATA codeMPM

ICAO codeFQMA

Coordinates25.921°S, 32.573°E

Elevation44 m s. n. m. (145 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Maputo

Runways2

Longest runway3,660 m

Opened1938

Direct destinations20

Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 2

05/23

Length3,660 m12,008 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

10/28

Length1,700 m5,577 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.100Tower

Ground

121.700Ground

Approach

121.300Approach

Area control (center)

127.700Center

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 10

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

LAM Mozambique Airlines

Other airlines with direct routes

Airlink Moçambique Expresso CemAir Ethiopian Airlines Kenya Airways Qatar Airways TAAG Angola Airlines TAP Air Portugal Turkish Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Maputo Airport (MPM). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPM

MLA

“Maputo Airport (MPM).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPM. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Maputo Airport (MPM).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPM.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Maputo Airport (MPM). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPM (Accessed: 23 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_mpm,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Maputo Airport (MPM)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPM},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MPM}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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