Airports: Zimbabwe
The METAR and TAF decoder database holds 91 airports in Zimbabwe. 13 of them have an IATA code and every one has an ICAO code, which in this country starts with FV. For every airport on the list below the site shows the current METAR and the TAF forecast decoded into plain English, together with a map, runway data and a clock in the airport's local time.
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All airports in Zimbabwe
- Aberdeen Airport FVAB
- Airport of Linkwasha FVLK
- Barberton Lodge Airfield (Mwenezi) FVRB
- Beitbridge Airport FVBB
- Binga Airport FVBI
- Bosbury Airport FVBO
- Braebourne Airport FVAE
- Buffalo Range Airport (Chiredzi) FVCZ
- Bumi Hills Airport FVBM
- C.C. Strip FVCC
- Cam+Motor Airport FVCM
- Celina Airport FVCE
- Centenary Airport FVCN
- Charles Prince Airport (Harare) FVCP
- Chipinge Airport FVCH
- Chirundu Airport FVCD
- Chivu Airport FVCV
- Chizarira Airport FVCR
- Dawsons Airport (Mvurwi) FVDA
- Deka Airport FVDE
- Dudley Airport FVDU
- Eduan Airport FVED
- Filabusi Airport FVFI
- Fothergill Airport (Fothergill Island) FVFG
- Gachegache Airport (Gache Gache) FVGG
- Gaths Mine Airport FVGT
- Gokwe Airport FVGO
- Gombera Airport (Gombera Ranch) FVGB
- Grand Reef Airport (Mutare) FVGR
- Gwanda Airport FVGD
- Gweru Airport FVGW
- Hippo Valley Airport (Chiredzi) FVHY
- Home Park Airport FVHP
- Hwange (Town) Airport FVWT
- Hwange Main Camp Airfield FVMC
- Hwange National Park Airport (Gwayi River Farms) FVWN
- Impinge Airport (Impinge Ranch) FVIP
- Inyati Airport FVYT
- Itafa Airport FVIT
- Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (Bulawayo) FVJN
- Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Gweru) FVTL
- Kariba Airport FVKB
- Kezi Airport FVKZ
- Kipling's Rukari Airstrip FVRI
- Kotwa Airport FVOT
- Kwekwe Aerodrome FVKK
- Langford Airport FVLA
- Lonestar Airfield (Chiredzi) FVLS
- Longuiel Airport FVLG
- Lusulu Airport FVLU
- Mabalauta Airport FVBL
- Mabikwa Airport FVMF
- Mahenye Airport (Gonarezhou National Park) FVMH
- Mana Pools Airport (Hurungwe) FVMN
- Marondera Airport FVMA
- Mashumbi Airport FVMB
- Masvingo International Airport FVMV
- Mhangura Airport FVGM
- Middle Sabi Airport FVMS
- Mkonono Airport FVMK
- Mkwasine Airport FVKW
- Mlibizi Airstrip FVML
- Mount Darwin Airport FVMD
- Mubayira Airport FVMI
- Murewa Airport FVMW
- Mutare Airport FVMU
- Mutoko Airport FVMT
- Nyanyadzi Airport FVNY
- Ratelshoek Airport FVRA
- Renroc Airport FVRE
- Rifa Airstrip (Hurungwe) FVRF
- Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (Harare) FVRG
- Rukomeshe Research Station Airstrip FVRK
- Rutenga Airport FVRT
- Sanyati Estate Airport FVSE
- Sencol Airport FVSC
- Sengwa Gorge Airport FVSX
- Siyalima Airport FVSY
- Sun Yet Sen Airport FVSN
- Tashinga Airport FVTA
- Tengwe Airport FVTE
- Tiger Bay Airstrip (Kariba) FVTB
- Tinfields Airport FVTD
- Tsholothso Airport FVTS
- Tuli Airport FVTU
- Victoria Falls International Airport FVFA
- Wedza Airport FVWD
- Yomba Airport FVYB
- Zaka Airport FVZK
- Zisco Airport FVZC
- Zvishavane Airport FVSH
Largest airports in Zimbabwe
The most significant airports in the database for this country are Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (Harare) (FVRG/HRE), Victoria Falls International Airport (FVFA/VFA), Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (Bulawayo) (FVJN/BUQ), Hwange National Park Airport (Gwayi River Farms) (FVWN/HWN) and Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Gweru) (FVTL/GWE).
Weather reports identify an airport by its four-letter ICAO code, not by the IATA code - which is why the METAR for FVRG is available even for airports with no ticketing code. The airports of Zimbabwe are spread across 77 municipalities listed in the database.
Airports by classification
How the airports break down: small airports and airfields - 82; medium-sized airports - 6; large airports - 3.
The classification comes from OurAirports and describes the size of the infrastructure, not passenger traffic. Regular METAR and TAF reports come mostly from the larger airports; small airfields often publish none at all - in that case the nearest reporting station is listed in the "nearby airports" section of the airport page.
Geographic span and time zones
The northernmost airport in the database is Mana Pools Airport (Hurungwe) (FVMN) (15°46'S), the southernmost is Beitbridge Airport (FVBB) (22°12'S). East to west the extremes are Ratelshoek Airport (FVRA) (32°48'E) and Victoria Falls International Airport (FVFA/VFA) (25°50'E).
The highest airport is Marondera Airport (FVMA) at 5,370 ft / 1,637 m above sea level, the lowest is Mahenye Airport (Gonarezhou National Park) (FVMH/MJW) (930 ft / 283 m). Elevation matters when reading a report: METAR cloud bases are given above aerodrome level, not above mean sea level.
The airports here sit in 3 time zones: Africa/Harare, Africa/Lusaka and Africa/Maputo. METAR and TAF are always issued in UTC (the "Z" suffix), which is why every airport page runs a clock in the airport's own local time next to the report.
METAR and TAF for airports in Zimbabwe
Each airport page shows the raw METAR plus a full decode: flight category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR), wind direction and speed with gusts, visibility, weather phenomena, cloud layers with their bases, temperature, dew point and QNH pressure. The TAF forecast is split into its validity periods including the change groups (BECMG, TEMPO, PROB).
METAR is normally issued every 30 or 60 minutes and TAF four times a day, with extra amendments when conditions change. The data comes from the Aviation Weather Center (NOAA) and is fetched live on every visit.