Highest Airports in Malawi

Airports in Malawi ranked by elevation above sea level.

📅 2026📏 metres27 entries🇲🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 27

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Chelinda Airfield7,759 ft above sea level

2,365 m

Mzimba AirportMzimba · 4,440 ft above sea level

1,353 m

Ntchisi AirportNtchisi · 4,301 ft above sea level

1,311 m

Chitipa AirportChitipa · 4,270 ft above sea level

1,302 m

Mzuzu AirportMzuzu · 4,115 ft above sea level

1,254 m

Kamuzu International AirportLumbadzi · 4,035 ft above sea level

1,230 m

Mchinji AirportMchinji · 3,901 ft above sea level

1,189 m

Mponongo AirstripMponongo · 3,760 ft above sea level

1,146 m

Old Lilongwe AirportLilongwe · 3,722 ft above sea level

1,134 m

Kasungu AirportKasungu · 3,470 ft above sea level

1,058 m

Lifupa AirportLifupa · 3,326 ft above sea level

1,014 m

Zomba AirportZomba · 2,650 ft above sea level

808 m

Chileka International AirportBlantyre · 2,555 ft above sea level

779 m

Karonga AirportKaronga · 1,765 ft above sea level

538 m

Mtakatata AirportMtakatata · 1,725 ft above sea level

526 m

Salima AirportSalima · 1,688 ft above sea level

515 m

Chintheche AerodromeChintheche · 1,650 ft above sea level

503 m

Chilumba Private AirportChilumba · 1,611 ft above sea level

491 m

Dwangwa AirportDwangwa · 1,605 ft above sea level

489 m

Likoma Island AirportLikoma Island · 1,600 ft above sea level

488 m

Mvuu Camp AirportLiwonde National Park · 1,600 ft above sea level

488 m

Club Makokola AirportClub Makokola · 1,587 ft above sea level

484 m

Monkey Bay AirportMonkey Bay · 1,580 ft above sea level

482 m

Ngabu AirportNgabu · 450 ft above sea level

137 m

Bangula AirportBangula · 302 ft above sea level

92 m

Nchalo Sucoma AirportNchalo · 230 ft above sea level

70 m

Nsanje AirportNsanje · 200 ft above sea level

61 m

Highlights

Within Malawi, Chelinda Airfield ranks first in 2026 with 2,365 m, followed by Mzimba Airport (1,353 m) and Ntchisi Airport (1,311 m).

Chelinda Airfield is 1.7 times higher than Mzimba Airport, the runner-up.

Across 27 entries, values run from 2,365 m (Chelinda Airfield) to 61 m (Nsanje Airport), with a median of 538 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Malawi, Chelinda Airfield ranks first in 2026 with 2,365 m, followed by Mzimba Airport (1,353 m) and Ntchisi Airport (1,311 m).

Chelinda Airfield is 1.7 times higher than Mzimba Airport, the runner-up.

Across 27 entries, values run from 2,365 m (Chelinda Airfield) to 61 m (Nsanje Airport), with a median of 538 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.