Harare International Airport
| RG Mugabe International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | FVRG |
| IATA code | HRE |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 1490 m (4888 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 12 kilometer (s) from Harare |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAA) |
| Terminals | 3 |
| Passengers | 610,221 (2006) |
| Air freight | 13,786 (2006) |
| Flight movements |
18,999 (2006) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
500,000 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 05/23 | 4725 m × 46 m asphalt |
The RG Mugabe International Airport ( IATA : HRE ; ICAO : FVRG ; formerly FVHA ), until November 9th 2017 Harare International Airport , is the international airport of the capital of Zimbabwe , Harare . It is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) and serves as the home base of Air Zimbabwe . It was named after him on November 9, 2017 in honor of President Robert Mugabe .
Furnishing
Terminal building
The airport has two passenger terminals , each with 18 check-in counters, as well as a freight terminal. The terminals offer various service facilities, including a bank branch and cafés, as well as over 300 parking spaces. Large passenger aircraft such as the Boeing 747 can also be handled in Harare .
Start-and runway
The only runway 05/23 is one of the longest in Africa with a length of 4725 meters, the reason for this is the so-called "hot and high" location of the airport (located high above sea level, high temperatures), the longer take-off routes for the planes conditionally. The airport is approved for instrument flight , ILS approaches are possible, distance measuring equipment and a non-directional radio beacon are located on the ground .
Airlines and Destinations
As of November 2013, flights to Amsterdam with KLM and the African capitals Johannesburg , Addis Ababa , Nairobi , Luanda , Gaborone and Lubumbashi will be served from Harare . Emirates has also connected Harare with Dubai since February 2012 . There are freight connections to Europe with Global Africa Aviation, which is based here .
Incidents
- On March 17, 1955 continued Vickers Viking 1B of Central African Airways ( air vehicle registration VP-YEX ) during a violent rainstorm at the airport Salisbury (Rhodesia) before the runway and slid another 300 to 400 meters. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. All 28 occupants, 5 crew members and 23 passengers survived.
- On October 5, 1956, a Vickers Viking 1B of Central African Airways (VP-YMO) crashed on a training flight three kilometers north of Salisbury Airport (Rhodesia). The two pilots were killed.
- On December 26, 1958, a Douglas DC-6 B of the French Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) (F-BGTZ) got caught in a gust roller during take-off at a height of 15 meters during an approaching thunderstorm and lost more and more speed. Despite full throttle, she sank to the ground again and caught fire. Coming from Johannesburg , after this stopover in Salisbury (now Harare), the plane was supposed to fly on to Brazzaville and then via Nice to Paris. Three of the seventy inmates were killed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Worldwide Airport Traffic Statistics 2006. (PDF; 720 kB) (No longer available online.) Airports Council International , December 2006, archived from the original on October 8, 2007 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d A-Z World Airports
- ↑ Zim renames Harare airport to RG Mugabe International airport. News24, November 9, 2017.
- ↑ Accident report Viking 1B VP-YEX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 10, 2020.
- ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 68 (English), March 1998, pp. 98/26.
- ↑ Accident report Viking 1B VP-YMO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 10, 2020.
- ^ Accident report DC-6 F-BGTZ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 18, 2017.