Nampula Airport — Nampula, Mozambique

Nampula Airport, coded APL, anchors northern Mozambique's air network and serves the largest city in the country's north, a key commercial and administrative center for the wider region. The field climbs to 1,444 feet in elevation and is built around two runways, placing APL among the busier air facilities outside the capital, Maputo, and connecting northern Mozambique to the rest of the country as well as to select international destinations. Mozambique's national carrier, LAM, has long used Nampula as a hub for domestic routes across the north, linking cities otherwise separated by long overland distances and limited road infrastructure. This large-airport classification reflects the field's role supporting trade, mining, and agricultural traffic moving through Nampula province, one of Mozambique's more populous and economically active regions. Compared with the smaller airstrips scattered across the country's north, APL's two runways give it far more flexibility to absorb varying aircraft types and traffic volumes, from cargo flights tied to regional mining operations to scheduled passenger service linking the province with Maputo and beyond.