Victoria Falls Airport
Victoria Falls Airport | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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  VFA Location in Zimbabwe | |||||||||||
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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[edit]
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[edit]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Victoria Falls Airport:
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Airport information for VFA at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "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. - ^ "No airlines for new Vic Falls airport". www.newzimbabwe.com.
- ^ "SA Airlink adds Victoria Falls service from July 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Airlink 2H23 Malawi / Zimbabwe Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Cemair Adds Johannesburg – Victoria Falls From August 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Victoriafälle: Eurowings Discover plant neue Langstrecke ab Frankfurt". www.travel-dealz.de.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "FastJet outlines Sep/Oct 2020 operations". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "About Hwange". Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "FastJet to resume Victoria Falls – Johannesburg service from Dec 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "About Kariba". Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Cheap flights to Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana".
- ^ Liu, Jim. "FastJet plans new routes from July 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ https://www.observer24.com.na/fly-namibia-to-start-operating-the-windhoek-victoria-falls-route-next-year/
- ^ "FlySafair To Offer Mozambique, Zambia And Zimbabwe Routes".
- ^ "Kenya Airways moves Vic Fals launch". www.newzimbabwe.com.
- ^ "SAA Adding New Routes Ahead Of Holidays". Routes Online. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
External links[edit]
Media related to Victoria Falls Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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