Airport · Malawi
Chileka International Airport
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Blantyre.
- Codes
- BLZ · FWCL
- Serves
- Blantyre
- 13 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Blantyre
- Elevation
- 779 m
- Runways
- 2 runways open
- Longest runway: 2,325 m
- From DXB
- 5,060 km
- 6 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
Facts
BLZ at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA BLZICAO FWCL
- Size
- Large
- Serves
- Blantyre
- To the city centre
- 13 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 779 m (2,555 ft)
- Runways
- 2 runways open
- Longest runway: 2,325 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Blantyre
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Blantyre, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
BLZ from the UAE
From DXBBLZ
5,060 km
6 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
From AUHBLZ
4,950 km
6 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
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Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Malawi, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Blantyre
- Country
- Malawi
- Currency
- Malawian Kwacha MWKToday's indicative rate: MWK 1,000 ≈ USD 0.575Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 990police997police998ambulance999fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +265 · On the left
Flights
Flights to or from BLZ
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