Kariba Airport

Airport in Kariba

KAB

Location of the airport in Zimbabwe

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
09/27	1,650	5,413	Asphalt

Sources: WAData^[2] GCM^[3] Google Maps^[4]

Kariba Airport (IATA: KAB, ICAO: FVKB) is an international airport serving Kariba, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the town, and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of the Kariba Dam, the outlet of Lake Kariba.^[1]^[5] The Kariba non-directional beacon (Ident: KB) is 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km) west of the runway.^[6]

There have been calls from local politicians and tourism businesses for the modest airport to be refurbished.^[7]

Fastjet Zimbabwe announced that they would be introducing scheduled services to Kariba Airport from both Harare and Victoria Falls, commencing in late March 2023.^[8]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Fastjet Zimbabwe	Harare, Victoria Falls^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Kariba Airport". Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ). Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
^ "Airport information for FVKB". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
^ Airport information for KAB at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Google Maps – Kariba
^ "Kariba Airport". Mapcarta. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ "Kariba NDB (KB) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ "Calls for Kariba Airport revamp grow louder". New Zimbabwe. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "Fastjet announces new domestic routes". Fastjet. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "Where we fly: Our route map". Fastjet. Retrieved 4 April 2023.