Hwange National Park Airport

Hwange National Park Airport
IATA: HWNICAO: FVWN
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Hwange National Park
Location Hwange
Elevation AMSL 3,543 ft / 1,080 m
Coordinates 18°37′48″S 027°01′16″E / 18.63000°S 27.02111°E / -18.63000; 27.02111
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 4,600 15,091 Asphalt

Hwange National Park Airport (IATA: HWN, ICAO: FVWN) is an airport in Zimbabwe that serves the Hwange National Park and the town of Hwange. Because of the ongoing economic situation in Zimbabwe, and the 2012 collapse of Air Zimbabwe services are somewhat limited, but charter and a 3 times a week scheduled rotation to Victoria Falls is currently operated (April 2011) by Solenta Aviation using a 12-seat Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft.

Air Zimbabwe used to include Hwange on its daily internal service of Harare - Victoria Falls - Hwange - Kariba - Harare.

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