Lichinga Airport — Lichinga, Mozambique

Lichinga Airport, coded VXC, serves the highland city of Lichinga in Mozambique's remote Niassa province near the Malawi border. Sitting at a cooler elevation than much of coastal Mozambique, Lichinga and its airport support a region historically tied to coffee cultivation and, more recently, expanding conservation areas including the Niassa Special Reserve. VXC connects this isolated provincial capital to Maputo and other domestic points, since overland travel across Mozambique's vast distances is often slow and difficult. The airport's traffic remains light, reflecting Niassa's sparse population, though it plays an outsized role for government, aid organizations, and business travelers needing reliable access to this frontier region.