# Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE / FVRG)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HRE / FVRG
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe
- Serves: Harare, Harare Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe
- Elevation: 1,490 m / 4,887 ft
- Coordinates: -17.9318, 31.0928
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,725 m / 15,502 ft
- Passengers: 1,657,622 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Harare
- Website: http://www.caaz.co.zw
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gabriel_Mugabe_International_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q760897
- Weather station: FVRG · WMO 67775
- Ident: FVHA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 4,725 m / 15,502 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | 592,437 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 963,067 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,194,993 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,323,864 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,470,070 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,522,477 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,657,622 | Wikidata |

## Routes

15 destinations in 11 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (15)

- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 403 km / 250 mi · Fastjet Zimbabwe, Kenya Airways
- [SHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fdsk.md) King Mswati III International Airport · Eswatini · 939 km / 583 mi · Eswatini Air
- [HLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fala.md) Lanseria International Airport · South Africa · 948 km / 589 mi · Airlink
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 959 km / 596 mi · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink
- [DUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fale.md) King Shaka International Airport · South Africa · 1,299 km / 807 mi · Airlink
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 1,512 km / 940 mi · Air Zimbabwe
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 1,778 km / 1,105 mi · RwandAir
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 1,954 km / 1,214 mi · Kenya Airways
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 2,004 km / 1,245 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 2,173 km / 1,350 mi · Airlink
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 3,110 km / 1,932 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 5,293 km / 3,289 mi · Qatar Airways
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 5,359 km / 3,330 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 5,474 km / 3,401 mi · Emirates
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 8,264 km / 5,135 mi · Air Zimbabwe

### Cargo (1)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 1,954 km / 1,214 mi · Astral Aviation

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HRE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (4)

- UM [Air Zimbabwe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-zimbabwe) · 2
- FN [Fastjet Zimbabwe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fastjet-zimbabwe) · 1
- RAT [Rainbow Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rainbow-airlines)
- Z7 [Zimbabwe flyafrica.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zimbabwe-flyafrica-com)

### Passenger (11)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 4
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 2
- 5Z [CemAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cemair) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- [Eswatini Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eswatini-air) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- FA [FlySafair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flysafair) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- WB [RwandAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rwandair) · 1
- UR [Uganda Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- 8V [Astral Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/astral-aviation) · 1

Former hub of [Affretair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/affretair), [Central African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/central-african-airways), [Global Africa Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/global-africa-aviation).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2017) | #637 of 3,974 | #34 in Africa |  |
| Longest runway | 4,725 m / 15,502 ft | #10 of 29,858 | #2 in Africa | #1 in ZW |
| Elevation | 1,490 m / 4,887 ft | =2,181 of 43,403 | #370 in Africa | #4 in ZW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in ZW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 113.100 |
| GND | GND | 127.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [FVLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvla.md) Langford Airport · 15 km / 9.4 mi
- [FVCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvcp.md) Charles Prince Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [FVMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvma.md) Marondera Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [FVCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvce.md) Celina Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [FVDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvdu.md) Dudley Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [FVMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvmi.md) Mubayira Airport · 69 km / 43 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #10

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Gabriel_Mugabe_International_Airport&oldid=1372870055), revision of 2 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha/data