# Chimoio Airport (VPY)

> Chimoio, MZ · IATA: VPY · ICAO: FQCH · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `VPY` |
| ICAO | `FQCH` |
| City | Chimoio |
| Country | MZ |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 697 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -19.15130, 33.42900 |

## Description

About seven scheduled flights a week — all operated by LAM Mozambique Airlines, mostly to Maputo — use the roughly 2,400-metre paved runway at Chimoio Airport (VPY/FQCH) as of 2026. The field sits in Mozambique's Manica highlands, some 100 kilometres from the Machipanda border crossing into Zimbabwe, in farming and forestry country producing maize, tobacco and timber. There is no cargo terminal, no freighter traffic and no routine air-freight handling; operator data lists customs as available on request, immigration as not available. Provincial goods traffic follows the Beira Corridor instead, with road and rail running roughly 200 kilometres east to the Port of Beira, the transit point for Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Air cargo is routed through Beira (BEW) or Maputo (MPM) and trucked on from there. For forwarders, Chimoio is a corridor and road location rather than an air-freight one.

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