Maputo Airport lies in the temperate mid-latitudes at 25.92° S, 32.57° E, on Africa/Maputo time (UTC+2).
Maputo Airport has 2 runways. The longest, 05/23, measures 12,008 ft by 148 ft, which puts the field in the full-length intercontinental category: a fully loaded Boeing 777 or Airbus A350 can depart for the far side of the world. The surface is asphalt. Both are lit for night operations.
Runway 05/23 is aligned roughly north-east/south-west, which is the clearest hint you get about the prevailing wind here: runways are built to face the wind that blows most often, because aircraft take off and land into it. With 2 runways across 2 different headings, crews can pick whichever best suits the wind.
The runways are not interchangeable. 10/28 is 5,577 ft against 05/23's 12,008 ft, a difference of 6,431 ft, so the shorter one generally takes regional traffic while the longer handles anything heavy.