Walvis Bay International Airport

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Walvis Bay International Airport
Walfish Bay Airport Aerial View.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code FYWB
IATA code WVB
Coordinates

22 ° 58 '48 "  S , 14 ° 38' 43"  E Coordinates: 22 ° 58 '48 "  S , 14 ° 38' 43"  E
Height above MSL 91 m (299  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 14.8 km east of Walvis Bay
Street C14
Basic data
operator Namibia Airports Company Ltd.
Terminals 1
Passengers 124,122 (2019)
Flight
movements 		4870 (2019)
Start-and runway
09/27 2134 m × 30 m asphalt

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Location of the airport and direct flight destinations (as of June 2019)

The Walvis Bay Airport ( German  International Walvis Bay Airport , officially Walvis Bay Airport ), formerly Walvis Bay Rooikop Airport , is the airport of the city of Walvis Bay , the second largest passenger capacity airport in Namibia and most important airport on the west coast of the country.

The airport is located on the main C14 road , and its proximity to the seaport has also made Walvis Bay Airport a major cargo hub.

Airlines and connections

Air Namibia and SA Express offer scheduled flights to Johannesburg and Cape Town from Walvis Bay Airport . Air Namibia also flies to the Windhoek airports Eros and Hosea Kutako and to Ondangwa . Air Namibia's connections between Walvis Bay and Ondangwa and Johannesburg were suspended at the end of March 2019. The South African airline Airlink uses Walvis Bay Airport for a technical stopover on the route Johannesburg - St. Helena .

Expansion measures

Since the beginning of 2008, the airport has been expanded to become the country's second international airport. As expansion measures, the extension of the runway was completed and construction of the new Rooikop fire station began on October 16, 2009 and completed on November 7, 2011. In addition, the airport building was renovated and expanded between 2013 and 2016. In total, more than 350 million Namibian dollars were invested.

The expansion of the airport, which was officially completed on July 25, 2016, now also allows intercontinental flights at the airport.

statistics

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Flight movements 4943 4488   4288   5031   4639   4347   3920   4410   5356   ? 4741 4870  
Passengers 67,445 74,862   71,512   85,089   89,707   88,383   84,854   107.163   121,538   ? 119.141 124.122  

Source: Airport Statistics. Namibia Airports Company, January 2020.

Web links

Commons : Walvis Bay Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walvis Bay Airport. Department of Civil Aviation, AIP, May 30, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2015
  2. ↑ ANNOUNCEMENT: POSTPONEMENT OF ADDITIONAL FREQUENCIES. Air Namibia, March 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ Flying to St. Helena sthelenatourism.com , accessed July 17, 2020
  4. ↑ New fire station for Rooikop
  5. ↑ Walvis Bay airport fire station inaugurated. The Namibian, November 8, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2012
  6. ↑ 02/16/2015 News at noon. Hitradio Namibia, February 16, 2015 ( memento from February 17, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) accessed on February 17, 2015
  7. ^ New airport terminal inaugurated at Walvis. The Namibian, July 25, 2016.