Study to determine fate of Maun airport underway

CAAB CEO, Dr Bao Mosinyi is convinced of this view as more airlines that want to open up routes into Botswana prefer the MIA. The MIA was certified by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in February 2024 despite its runway not being strong enough to take larger aircrafts. The terminal, which services the second busiest airport in Southern Africa after OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa, is inadequate. Generally, the airport is overwhelmed by activity that comes its way. “The biggest constraint on the development of the Maun International Airport is the weak strength of the runway though its length of 3.7km is adequate.”

Talking in Maun during the launch of FlyNamibia’s scheduled flights between Windhoek and Maun on July 3, Mosinyi maintained that “the biggest investment we are going to make is here (Maun). And it will be expensive, but it would be worth the cost. The country should be envisioning what the Maun International Airport will look like in 30 years,” he noted. He disclosed that a feasibility study on the way forward with the current airport is underway. “The study will determine what to do with this airport. What is certain is that there will be a transformation – whether in this very place or somewhere else,” he explained.