Airports / Malawi / ZZU
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
65 nm
To the nearest alternate
Dwangwa Airport (DWA).
Overview
Mzuzu Airport, listed as FWUU / ZZU, is a mid-sized airport in Mzuzu, Malawi. The field lies at an elevation of 4,115 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
ZZU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Dwangwa Airport (DWA, 65 nm), Karonga Airport (KGJ, 90 nm), and Lichinga Airport (VXC, 132 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ZZU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ZZU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
FWUU
IATA
ZZU
FAA / Local
FWUU
Elevation
4,115 ft
Coordinates
11.4447° S · 34.0118° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Malawi fields
state range 1,605–4,115 ft
At 4,115 ft, ZZU sits higher than 80% of the 5 Malawi fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 65nmDWADwangwa AirportDwangwa
- 90nmKGJKaronga AirportKaronga
- 132nmVXCLichinga AirportLichinga
- 141nmLLWKamuzu International AirportLumbadzi
- 158nmMBISongwe AirportMbeya
- 163nmMFUMfuwe International AirportMfuwe
Location
Open the full mapFWUU · Mzuzu Airport · Mzuzu, Malawi