# Kariba Airport (KAB / FVKB)

**Kariba Airport** (IATA: KAB, ICAO: FVKB) is a medium airport in Kariba, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. It has one runway, 1,650 m (5,413 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KAB / FVKB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kariba, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe
- Elevation: 520 m / 1,706 ft
- Coordinates: -16.5198, 28.8850
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,650 m / 5,413 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Harare
- Website: https://www.caaz.co.zw/kariba-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariba_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6370465
- Weather station: FVKB · WMO 67761
- Ident: FVKB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,650 m / 5,413 ft | 15 m / 49 ft | Asphalt | 082° / 262° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 282 km / 175 mi · Fastjet Zimbabwe
- [VFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvfa.md) Victoria Falls International Airport · Zimbabwe · 368 km / 229 mi · Fastjet Zimbabwe

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- FN [Fastjet Zimbabwe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fastjet-zimbabwe) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,650 m / 5,413 ft | =5,578 of 29,858 | #582 in Africa | #9 in ZW |
| Elevation | 520 m / 1,706 ft | =10,520 of 43,403 | =1,801 in Africa | #88 in ZW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in ZW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 125.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [FVRF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvrf.md) Rifa Airstrip · 23 km / 14 mi
- [FVGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvgg.md) Gachegache Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [FVFG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvfg.md) Fothergill Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [FVTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvta.md) Tashinga Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [FVCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvcd.md) Chirundu Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [ZW-0015](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zw-0015.md) Maronga Airport · 61 km / 38 mi

## 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: “Kariba Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kariba_Airport&oldid=1363949152), revision of 13 Jul 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/fvkb/data