Quelimane Airport

Quelimane Airport
IATA: UEL ICAO: FQQL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company)
Serves	Quelimane
Location	Quelimane, Mozambique
Elevation AMSL	36 ft / 11 m
Coordinates	17°51′19.6″S 36°52′07.3″E
Map
UEL Location of airport in Mozambique
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 2,980 908 Gravel 18/36 5,905 1,800 Asphalt

Quelimane Airport is an airport in Quelimane, Mozambique (IATA: UEL, ICAO: FQQL).

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
LAM Mozambique Airlines	Beira, Maputo, Nampula, Tete

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at UEL airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

• On 23 February 1944 a Lockheed L-14 CR-AAV of DETA - Direcção de Exploração de Transportes Aéreos crashed on takeoff at Quelimane Airport, killing all 13 on board.[1]

• On 21 April 1988, Douglas C-47A N47FE of African Air Carriers was damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident. Both crew were killed,[2] one other person on board was seriously injured.[3] The aircraft may have been shot down.[4]

• On 27 March 1983 a Boeing 737-200 C9-BAB LAM Mozambique Airlines had an Undercarriage failure after landing some 400 metres (1,300 ft) short of the runway at Quelimane Airport. All 110 on board survived.[5]

References

1. Accident description for CR-AAV at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 8 September 2022.
2. "N47FE Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
3. "NTSB Identification: DCA88WA055". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
4. "Status of commercial piston engined aircraft on Belgian register: past (EDS-XAL)". Skystef. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
5. Accident description for C9-BAB at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 8 September 2022.