AirportsTete Airport is a large airport serving Tete, in Tete Province, Mozambique. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TET.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TET
- ICAO code
- FQTT
- City
- Tete
- State or region
- Tete Province
- Country
- Mozambique
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 16.1048° S, 33.6402° E
- Elevation
- 160 m (525 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,507 m (8,225 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TET means Tete Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: FQTT. ICAO codes that begin with F belong to central and southern Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.1048° S, 33.6402° E. It stands 160 metres (525 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Maputo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Tete Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,507 metres (8,225 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 12 airports of Mozambique on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,507 m 8,225 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chileka International AirportBlantyre, Malawi | BLZ | 150 km |
| Kamuzu International AirportLumbadzi, Malawi | LLW | 258 km |
| Robert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportHarare, Zimbabwe | HRE | 339 km |
| Chimoio AirportChimoio | VPY | 339 km |
| Lichinga AirportLichinga | VXC | 360 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,818 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,807 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,166 km | 6 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,209 km | 10 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,622 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 16,590 km | 20 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,957 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,482 km | 15 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,379 km | 14 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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