Victoria Falls Airport
Summary
Airport typeCivil
OperatorCivil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe
ServesVictoria Falls
LocationVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Elevation AMSL3,490 ft / 1,064 m
Coordinates18°05′45″S 25°50′20″E / 18.09583°S 25.83889°E / -18.09583; 25.83889
Map
VFA is located in Zimbabwe
VFA
VFA
Location in Zimbabwe
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Sources: GCM,[1] WAD,[2]

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.

Overview

In April 2013, Exim Bank of China 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 1.7 million passengers annually.[3]

The airport operates 12 hours per day, with immigration and customs services available. It offers facilities and services including aircraft parking, cargo and passenger handling, refuelling, weather information, restaurants, duty-free shops, and banking facilities. The airport has shuttle services to hotels and other places in town. There is a variety of tour operators and car rentals. The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has an office stationed on the premises to assist travellers.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Victoria Falls Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Harare
Airlink Cape Town,[4] Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Mbombela[5]
CemAir Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo[6]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt,[7] Windhoek–Hosea Kutako
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Fastjet Zimbabwe Harare,[8] Hwange,[9] Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo,[10] Kariba,[11] Maun,[12] Mbombela[13]
FlyNamibia Windhoek–Hosea Kutako (begins 4 April 2024)[14]
FlySafair Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[15]
Kenya Airways Cape Town, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[16]
South African Airways Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for VFA at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "Airport information for FVFA". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
  3. ^ "No airlines for new Vic Falls airport". www.newzimbabwe.com.
  4. ^ "SA Airlink adds Victoria Falls service from July 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Airlink 2H23 Malawi / Zimbabwe Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Cemair Adds Johannesburg – Victoria Falls From August 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Victoriafälle: Eurowings Discover plant neue Langstrecke ab Frankfurt". www.travel-dealz.de.
  8. ^ Liu, Jim. "FastJet outlines Sep/Oct 2020 operations". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  9. ^ "About Hwange". Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  10. ^ Liu, Jim. "FastJet to resume Victoria Falls – Johannesburg service from Dec 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  11. ^ "About Kariba". Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Cheap flights to Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana".
  13. ^ Liu, Jim. "FastJet plans new routes from July 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  14. ^ https://www.observer24.com.na/fly-namibia-to-start-operating-the-windhoek-victoria-falls-route-next-year/
  15. ^ "FlySafair To Offer Mozambique, Zambia And Zimbabwe Routes".
  16. ^ "Kenya Airways moves Vic Fals launch". www.newzimbabwe.com.
  17. ^ "SAA Adding New Routes Ahead Of Holidays". Routes Online. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

External links

Media related to Victoria Falls Airport at Wikimedia Commons


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