Charles Prince Airport
| Charles Prince Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Super Constellation parked at Charles Prince Airport in 1975 and used as a clubhouse. | |||||||||||||||
| IATA: none – ICAO: FVCP | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Harare | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mount Hampden | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,477 m / 4,845 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°45′5.62″S 30°55′28.94″E / 17.7515611°S 30.9247056°E | ||||||||||||||
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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 World 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.
External links
- . Look in Rhodesia pages for photos
- World Aero Data
- Zimbabwe Military Air Bases and Airfields
- Official Site
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