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
Most destinationsAirlink 4Kenya Airways 2Air Zimbabwe 2Fastjet Zimbabwe 1Eswatini Air 1FlySafair 1

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.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 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 29,823 · #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=2,176of 43,341 · #370 Africa · #4 ZWRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =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

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ATISATIS113.100
GNDGND127.300
TWRTWR118.100