Vilankulo Airport is an airport in Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 that serves the city of Vilankulo

Vilankulo

Vilankulo is a coastal town in Mozambique, lying in the Vilanculos District of Inhambane Province. Vilankulo is named after local tribal chief Gamala Vilankulo Mukoke, and some of the "bairros" are named after his sons...

 in the Inhambane Province

Inhambane Province

Inhambane is a province of Mozambique located on the coast in the southern part of the country. It has an area of 68,615 km² and a population of 1.412.349 . The provincial capital is also called Inhambane....

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Modernisation

In 2009 a Chinese company called Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation began construction work on the airport with an estimated cost of US$ 9 million. According to main reports, work to refurbish, expand and modernize the airport is expected to be concluded in nine months that will make possible for large aircraft to access the airport and use the facilities. Since the expansion of the passenger terminal, it is now able to have a capacity of 200,000 passengers from its 75,000.

Scheduled services