Nacala Airport

Nacala Airport
IATA: MNC – ICAO: FQNC Nacala Location of airport in Mozambique
Summary
Airport type		Military
Serves		Nacala, Mozambique
Elevation AMSL		410 ft / 125 m
Coordinates		14°29′17″S 040°42′44″E / 14.48806°S 40.71222°E / -14.48806; 40.71222
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
02/20	2,500	8,202	Asphalt
Sources:[1][2]

Nacala Airport (IATA: MNC, ICAO: FQNC) is an airport near Nacala, in the Nampula Province in Mozambique.^[1]

Work is underway by the Brazilian multi-national engineering and construction firm Odebrecht International, part of the Odebrecht conglomerate of companies, to rehabilitate the Nacala airport so that commercial aviation may begin. As a cargo and passenger handling station the work is budgeted at USD 80 million. An agreement between the Mozambican and Brazilian governments was signed in April 2011 to provide funding for the airport rehabilitation as well as significant upgrades to infrastructure at the Beira Port. Both projects are funded by the Brazilian National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES), as part of a USD 300 million investment in Mozambique by Brazil. The project consists of the construction of passenger and cargo terminals, a control tower, maintenance building, firefighting building, runway, taxi ways, a parking lot and all necessary equipment and systems. The project will involve 23 months of construction work, with delivery scheduled for March 2013.^[3] The runway will be 3,400 metres (11,200 ft), able to handle a Boeing 757 or 767 the airport will be able to handle 500,000 to 600,000 passengers a year. Nacala will be home to the one of the largest deep port on the east coast of Africa called Port of Nacala, and the only natural deep water port in Mozambique. Once the airport is open people will not have to go to Maputo to get in to the country, according to Transport Minister Paulo Zucula. The airport will become a hub for Northern Mozambique and have connections with Nampula, lichinga, Cuamba and Pemba.^{[citation needed]}

History

Nacala air base was built by the Portuguese in the colonial era.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 410 feet (125 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 02/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,500 by 45 metres (8,202 × 148 ft).^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Airport information for FQNC from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
2. ^ Airport information for MNC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
3. ^ Odebrecht News Room. "An Agreement in Benefit of Mozambique". Odebrecht News Room. http://www.odebrecht.com.br/en/press-room/news?id=15777. Retrieved 4 August 2011. 

External links

• Accident history for MNC at Aviation Safety Network