Victoria Falls Airport

Victoria Falls Airport
Summary
Airport type Civil
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe
Serves Victoria Falls
Location Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Elevation AMSL 3,490 ft / 1,064 m
Coordinates 18°05′45″S 25°50′20″E / 18.09583°S 25.83889°E / -18.09583; 25.83889Coordinates: 18°05′45″S 25°50′20″E / 18.09583°S 25.83889°E / -18.09583; 25.83889
Map
VFA

Location in Zimbabwe

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] WAD[2] Google Maps[3]

Victoria Falls Airport (IATA: VFA, ICAO: FVFA) is an international airport serving the Victoria Falls tourism industry, and is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of the town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

The Victoria Falls VOR-DME (Ident: VFA) is located on the field.[4]

Overview

In April 2013, Exim Bank of China had provided a $150 million loan to build the airport's new runway, taxiways and a new terminal to increase the airport's capacity from 500,000 to 1.7million passengers annually.[5]

The airport operates 12 hours per day, with immigration and customs services available during operating hours. It offers airport facilities and services, including aircraft parking, cargo and passenger handling, refuelling, weather information, restaurants, and duty-free shops.banking facilities. The airport has shuttle services to hotels and other places in town. There is a variety of tour operators, car rentals (Avis, Europcar, Budget, Kanondo).

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Botswana Maun
Airlink Cape Town[6]
Air Namibia Windhoek-Hosea Kutako
Air Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Harare, Johannesburg-OR Tambo
British Airways
operated by Comair 		Johannesburg-OR Tambo
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Gaborone [7]
Fastjet Zimbabwe Harare
Kenya Airways Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta[8]
South African Airways Johannesburg-OR Tambo

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for VFA at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ Airport information for FVFA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  3. ↑ Google Maps - Victoria Falls
  4. ↑ SkyVector Aeronautical Charts
  5. ↑ CAAZ is luring new Airlines to all its destinations including Vic Falls airport, says official , 22/04/2015 00:00:00, by The Source, http://www.newzimbabwe.com/business-22080-No+airlines+for+new+Vic+Falls+airport/business.aspx
  6. ↑ "SA Airlink adds Victoria Falls service from July 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  7. ↑ https://www.zimeye.net/ethiopia-airlines-opens-vic-falls-route/
  8. ↑ http://www.newzimbabwe.com/business-36798-Kenya+Airways+moves+Vic+Fals+launch/business.aspx


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