Quelimane Airport

Quelimane Airport
IATA: UEL – ICAO: FQQL UEL Location of airport in Mozambique
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company)
Location		Quelimane
Elevation AMSL		36 ft / 11 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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).

Scheduled services

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

Accidents and incidents

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,^[1] one other person on board was seriously injured.^[2] The aircraft may have been shot down.^[3]

References

^ "N47FE Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880421-0. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
^ "NTSB Identification: DCA88WA055". National Transportation Safety Board. http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X25442&key=1. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
^ "Status of commercial piston engined aircraft on Belgian register: past (EDS-XAL)". Skystef. http://www.skystef.be/Belgian-regi-p6.htm. Retrieved 27 July 2010.