Maputo Airport

✅ Trip Verified | Nice new Airport. I have been travel through his airport for last one year and it is very nice and good airport overall. It is relatively new but still there is a lot things which can be improved like Air conditioning and bathroom cleanness etc.

Flew out of Maputo up the coast to Inhambane. Found it to be clean well organised free of queues and with fairly friendly staff. We used the domestic terminal which was largely devoid of facilities apart from a couple of shops but also virtually devoid of passengers. A surprisingly pleasurable experience.

One nice feature of Maputo Airport is that it has one of the few remaining exterior viewing terraces so you can stand outside and take in arrivals and departures. A worse airport on arrival than on departure with the slow waiting around for visas on arrival be sure to have exact change if you can and the relatively slow delivery of baggage which may or may not have items missing or delayed if your transit was via JNB.

A pretty basic airport but seems to function fine. At customs people needing visas need to line up in the "visas" line - if you line up anywhere else you'll just be told to go to the visa line. It's a bit confusing as the booth is slightly behind the others. Visas are US$25 cash there are no change facilities so be prepared. They take your money and passport and then walk over to an office near the baggage claim where the visas are processed. Everyone has to stand around and wait in front of the office until an immigration official walks out with a stack of passports and starts calling out names at which point they will give you back your passport with the visa inside. In the meantime you can collect your bags the carousel is literally 2 metres away. Plenty of taxis right out the front you can't miss them. Barclays ATM also just outside so easy to get local currency. Outbound the check-in is pretty straightforward though I would suggest getting there a bit early as it looks like it would get mad in a rush. Public toilets on the second floor a little bit away from the action but nice and clean. Not much past customs other than the ubiquitous bar but nice to have one last Laurentina premium before leaving.