Bazaruto Island Airport (BZB)

Medium airport · Bazaruto Island, Inhambane Province, Mozambique

Airport data

NameBazaruto Island Airport
ICAOBZB
IATABZB
CoordinatesS 21°32'28" E 35°28'22"
-21.54110, 35.47290
LocationBazaruto Island, Inhambane Province, Mozambique
Scheduled serviceNo

Bazaruto Island Airport at a glance

Bazaruto Island Airport is a medium airport in Bazaruto Island, Inhambane Province, Mozambique, known to airline systems as BZB. No official elevation is recorded for this entry, so treat published circuit heights with care and confirm locally. There is no scheduled airline service listed here — typical traffic is general aviation, training and local operations.

No runway records exist for this entry in the source dataset — common for fields whose operators never filed dimensions with the public dataset. The absence of a record says nothing about the runway on the ground: it may be paved, lighted and perfectly serviceable. Treat published charts, national AIP entries and the operator as the authoritative sources for runway data here, and this page as the identity and position reference for the field at Bazaruto Island. When the dataset gains a runway record for this field, the next site build picks it up automatically — the reference layer regenerates from source on every rebuild rather than being edited by hand.

For the weather side of planning, the live METAR and TAF page for BZB shows the current observation decoded line by line — wind on an instrument dial, visibility, cloud layers and the resulting flight rules — refreshed continuously from official sources.

Nearest airports to Bazaruto Island Airport

Distances are great-circle, measured from the field reference point — planning distances along airways or roads will run longer.

AirportCodeDistance
Indigo Bay Lodge AirportIBL19 km (10 NM)
Benguera Island AirportBCW35 km (19 NM)
Vilankulo AirportFQVL56 km (30 NM)
Beira International AirportFQBR203 km (110 NM)
Inhambane AirportFQIN260 km (140 NM)

Flight-planning notes for Bazaruto Island Airport

With no published elevation for Bazaruto Island Airport, compute performance conservatively and confirm the field figure from local sources before relying on pattern or approach altitudes. Expect published instrument procedures, controlled airspace and clearance requirements; slots and handling may apply to general aviation traffic.

This entry is one of 16 airports and airfields we list for Mozambique — the country index on the airports hub links the rest. Coordinates above are given in both DMS and decimal degrees so they can go straight into a GPS, a flight planner or a chart plot without conversion.

Where this data comes from

The reference layer behind this page builds on the OurAirports dataset — a public-domain, community-maintained register of the world's airports that many flight planners and apps rely on — with equity records preserved from documented historical listings where the dataset is silent. Figures are carried as published: elevations as surveyed, coordinates as filed, runway dimensions as recorded. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap, and the whole layer regenerates from source on every site build, so corrections upstream arrive here automatically.

Frequently asked questions about Bazaruto Island Airport

What is the ICAO code of Bazaruto Island Airport?

The ICAO identifier of Bazaruto Island Airport is BZB, and its IATA code is BZB. The ICAO code is the one used in flight plans, METAR reports and aeronautical charts.

Where exactly is Bazaruto Island Airport located?

The airport lies at -21.5411, 35.4729 — in Bazaruto Island, Inhambane Province, Mozambique, in the southern hemisphere. The closest listed field is Indigo Bay Lodge Airport, about 19 km away.

Does BZB publish METAR weather reports?

Where the station reports, the current METAR and TAF for BZB appear on its live weather page on this site, refreshed continuously from the US NWS Aviation Weather Center feed.

Current METAR & TAF for BZB