Charles Prince Airport
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Charles Prince Airport | |||
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IATA: none – ICAO: FVCP | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Serves | Harare | ||
Location | Mount Hampden | ||
Elevation AMSL | 1477 m / 4845 ft | ||
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Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
m | ft | ||
06/24 | 1200 | 3937 | Asphalt |
14/32 | 925 | 3035 | Asphalt |
Charles Prince Airport, formerly named Mount Hampden and renamed after former airport manager Charles Prince (who was a Royal Air Force officer during World War II), is located approximately 8 km northwest of Harare, Zimbabwe. During Word War II it served as a Rhodesian Air Training Group (RATG) location, training pilots for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. In 1973 the airport was converted to civilian use.