# Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (GWE / FVTL)

**Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base** (IATA: GWE, ICAO: FVTL) is a medium airport in Gweru, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. It has one runway, 2,672 m (8,766 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GWE / FVTL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Gweru, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe
- Elevation: 1,427 m / 4,680 ft
- Coordinates: -19.4367, 29.8619
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,672 m / 8,766 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Harare
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Tungamirai_Air_Force_Base (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623569
- Weather station: FVTL · WMO 67867
- Ident: FVTL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13L/31R | 2,672 m / 8,766 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,672 m / 8,766 ft | #1,969 of 29,858 | #286 in Africa | #4 in ZW |
| Elevation | 1,427 m / 4,680 ft | =2,461 of 43,403 | #435 in Africa | #9 in ZW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in ZW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | THORNHILL APP | 126.500 |
| TWR | THORNHILL TWR | 123.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [FVGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvgw.md) Gweru Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [FVZC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvzc.md) Zisco Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [FV76](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fv76.md) Kwekwe East Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [FVKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvkk.md) Kwekwe Aerodrome · 56 km / 35 mi
- [FVED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fved.md) Eduan Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [FVGT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvgt.md) Gaths Mine Airport · 90 km / 56 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)
- [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/fvtl/data