Namibe Airport
Mocamedes, Angola
Welwitschia Mirabilis International Airport (Aeroporto Internacional Welwitschia Mirabilis) (IATA: MSZ, ICAO: FNMO) is an airport serving the Atlantic port city of Moçâmedes, the capital of Namibe Province in Angola. The runway is 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) south of the city. Due to political shifts, the airport has had a different name at various times over the years. Aeroporto de Moçâmedes opened in 1960 to replace the old, shorter runway of the local Aero Clube, which had become surrounded by the city. Around 1972, modernisation work was carried out on the runway to accommodate larger jet aircraft. Following independence, the infrastructure was transferred to the new Angolan Republic. Following independence in November 1975 and the subsequent consolidation of the Marxist-Leninist MPLA government, the airport was named after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. According to Angolan aviation archives, the final civil expansion works were completed in 1977. This name remained officially listed in the IATA and ICAO systems until 2014. The names Yuri Gagarin and Namibe Airport were used interchangeably between 1985 and 2014 to refer to the same physical location. Following a $
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