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.
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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 / 1,064 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°05′45″S 25°50′20″E | ||||||||||
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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 | Destinations |
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| Air Zimbabwe | Bulawayo, Harare, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo |
| Airlink | Cape Town,[4] Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Eurowings Discover | Seasonal: Frankfurt,[5] Windhoek–Hosea Kutako |
| Fastjet Zimbabwe | Harare,[6] Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo,[7] Maun,[8] Nelspruit[9] |
| Kenya Airways | Cape Town, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[10] |
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