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 / 1,407 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°05′45.17″S 25°50′20.42″E / 18.0958806°S 25.8390056°E | ||||||||||
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Victoria Falls Airport is an international airport serving the tourism industry of Victoria Falls and is located 18 km south of the town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (IATA: VFA, ICAO: FVFA).
Overview
As of April 2015 Exim Bank of China had provided a $150 million loan to extend the airports runway (to 4000m), build taxiways and a new terminal to increase the airport's capacity from 500,000 to 1 million passengers annually.[1]
The airport operates 12 hours per day and immigration and revenue services are all available during the operating hours. It offers airport facilities and services, including aircraft parking, cargo and passenger handling, refuelling, weather information, restaurants and duty-free shops. Plans are underway to bring banking facilities which are only found in town. The airport has shuttle services to and from hotels and other places in town. There is a variety of tour operators, car rentals (Avis, Europcar, Budget, Kanondo), offering from small economy to top of the range rental vehicles, as well as reliable taxis and airport shuttles at the airport.
Airlines and destinations
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References
- ↑ CAAZ struggling to lure airlines to new Vic Falls airport, says official , 22/04/2015 00:00:00, by The Source, http://www.newzimbabwe.com/business-22080-No+airlines+for+new+Vic+Falls+airport/business.aspx
