BUQ

Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport

ICAO FVJN20.0163°S 28.6229°E1,329 m / 4,359 ftLarge airport
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Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (IATA: BUQ, ICAO: FVJN) is a large airport in Bulawayo, Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,588 m (8,491 ft). It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
13/31115° / 295° · LIT
LENGTH2,588 m8,491 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
02/20008° / 188°
LENGTH1,347 m4,419 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

5 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsFastjet Zimbabwe 3Air Zimbabwe 3Airlink 2Ethiopian Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BUQ. From the Wikipedia article “Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport” (revision of 5 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,588 m8,491 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,166of 29,823 · #297 Africa · #5 ZWElevation1,329 m4,359 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,867of 43,341 · #564 Africa · #19 ZWRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =1 ZW
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPNKOMO APP119.700
TWRNKOMO TWR118.300