Maputo International Airport , also known as Mavalane International Airport, formerly Lourenço Marques Airport (IATA: LUM), is an airport located northwest of the center of

Maputo Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,0 ...

, the largest city and capital of

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

. It is the largest airport in Mozambique, and hub for LAM Mozambique Airlines and

Kaya Airlines Kaya Airlines is a Mozambican regional airline based at Maputo International Airport. History The airline was founded in 1991 by Carlos Goncalves as Sabin Air to operate on demand charters. The airline was rebranded as Transairways in 2002 for ...

. Most of the destinations served by the airport are in Africa, but there are a few intercontinental services.

Expansion

China's Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Company has built a new cargo terminal, in what was the starting point of the first phase of a Chinese financed expansion project, with an initial estimated cost of US$75 million. The first phase concluded with the opening of the new international terminal on 15 November 2010. The new terminal has a capacity of 900,000 passengers a year, far from the 60,000 it could hold before. Originally, this modernization project had in mind to benefit from the

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held in neighbouring South Africa, but it could not be finished in time. It was, however, ready for the All Africa Games which were held in

in 2011. The project experienced a serious cost overrun, with the builder requesting an additional US$40 to US$50 million to complete the work. The second phase entailed the construction of a new domestic terminal where the old terminal stood. The whole plan is for Maputo International Airport to double its capacity from 450,000 to 900,000 per year and help expand tourism in the city and country. The terminal will also have 14 check-in counters, electronic panels displaying flights, a presidential VIP lounge, escalators and an electric central cooling system. The new terminal is expected to serve 400 arriving and departing passengers per hour, compared to the old building that could only handle 150 passengers per hour.Maputo Airport Domestic Terminal to Open in October . All Africa. Retrieved on 23 June 2012.
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Airlines and destinations

Passenger

;Notes: * : This flight operates via Johannesburg. However, this carrier does not have rights to transport passengers solely between Johannesburg and Maputo.

Cargo

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

*On 10 July 1986,

Douglas C-47 The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...

A 7315 of the Zimbabwe Air Force crashed on take-off. All 17 people on board were killed.

References

External links

Maputo Airport Information
Information website about Maputo Airport. {{Airports in Mozambique Airports in Mozambique

Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...