HRE

Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport

ICAO FVRG17.9318°S 31.0928°E1,490 m / 4,887 ftLarge airport
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (IATA: HRE, ICAO: FVRG) is a large airport in Harare, Harare Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe. It has one runway, 4,725 m (15,502 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe. In 2017 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Harare International Terminal BuildingHarare Domestic TerminalHarare Domestic TerminalHarare Domestic TerminalHarare Domestic Terminal
05/23046° / 226° · LIT
LENGTH4,725 m15,502 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2004–2017
592K
963K
1.2M
1.3M
1.5M
1.5M
1.7M
04121314151617

Routes

15 destinations · 11 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miLUN · Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · 403 km / 250 miSHO · King Mswati III International Airport · 939 km / 583 miHLA · Lanseria International Airport · 948 km / 589 miJNB · O.R. Tambo International Airport · 959 km / 596 miDUR · King Shaka International Airport · 1,299 km / 807 miDAR · Julius Nyerere International Airport · 1,512 km / 940 miKGL · Kigali International Airport · 1,778 km / 1,105 miNBO · Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 1,954 km / 1,214 miEBB · Entebbe International Airport · 2,004 km / 1,245 miCPT · Cape Town International Airport · 2,173 km / 1,350 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 3,110 km / 1,932 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 5,293 km / 3,289 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 5,359 km / 3,330 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 5,474 km / 3,401 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 8,264 km / 5,135 miLGWDXBADDCPTEBBKGLDARDURJNBLUNDOHNBOSHOAUHHRE
Year-round15
LUNKenneth Kaunda International AirportZambia · Fastjet Zimbabwe, Kenya Airways403 km250 miSHOKing Mswati III International AirportEswatini · Eswatini Air939 km583 miHLALanseria International AirportSouth Africa · Airlink948 km589 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink959 km596 miDURKing Shaka International AirportSouth Africa · Airlink1,299 km807 miDARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · Air Zimbabwe1,512 km940 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · RwandAir1,778 km1,105 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Kenya Airways1,954 km1,214 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Uganda Airlines2,004 km1,245 miCPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · Airlink2,173 km1,350 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines3,110 km1,932 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways5,293 km3,289 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways5,359 km3,330 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates5,474 km3,401 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Zimbabwe8,264 km5,135 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HRE. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport” (revision of 2 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

16 airlines · destinations from HRE
Hub airlines4
UMAir Zimbabwe2FNFastjet Zimbabwe1RATRainbow AirlinesZ7Zimbabwe flyafrica.com
Passenger11
4ZAirlink4KQKenya Airways25ZCemAir1EKEmirates1—Eswatini Air1ETEthiopian Airlines1EYEtihad Airways1FAFlySafair1QRQatar Airways1WBRwandAir1URUganda Airlines1
Cargo1
8VAstral Aviation1

Former hub of Affretair, Central African Airways and Global Africa Aviation.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from HRE. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.7M (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#637of 3,974 · #34 AfricaLongest runway4,725 m15,502 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#10of 29,858 · #2 Africa · #1 ZWElevation1,490 m4,887 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,181of 43,403 · #370 Africa · #4 ZWRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =176 Africa · =5 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

4 channels
APPAPP119.100
ATISATIS113.100
GNDGND127.300
TWRTWR118.100