Victoria Falls Airport

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.

Victoria Falls Airport
IATA: VFA ICAO: FVFA
Summary
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
Map
VFA Location in Zimbabwe
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Sources: GCM,[1] WAD,[2]

Overview

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

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Victoria Falls Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Air Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Harare
Airlink	Cape Town,[4] Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Mbombela[5]
CemAir	Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo[6]
Discover Airlines	Seasonal: Frankfurt,[7] Windhoek–Hosea Kutako
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
Fastjet Zimbabwe	Harare,[8] Hwange,[9] Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo,[10] Kariba,[11] Maun,[12] Mbombela[13]
FlyNamibia	Windhoek–Hosea Kutako[14]
FlySafair	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[15]
Kenya Airways	Cape Town, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[16]
South African Airways	Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo[17]

See also

• Transport in Zimbabwe
• List of airports in Zimbabwe