WDH

Hosea Kutako International Airport

ICAO FYWH22.4799°S 17.4709°E1,719 m / 5,640 ftLarge airport
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Hosea Kutako International Airport (IATA: WDH, ICAO: FYWH) is a large airport in Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia. It opened in 1964. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,575 m (15,010 ft). It is operated by Namibia Airports Company. In 2021 it handled 254 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1964–1968
1964
OpenedHosea Kutako International Airport opens.
20 APR 1968
DisasterSouth African Airways Flight 228.123 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 1
08/26064° / 244° · LIT
LENGTH4,575 m15,010 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
16/34141° / 321° · LIT
LENGTH1,524 m5,000 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
682K
746K
815K
766K
795K
774K
809K
938K
1.0M
940K
198K
254K
101112131415161718192021

Routes

22 destinations · 9 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miSWP · Swakopmund Municipal Aerodrome · 299 km / 186 miFYNG · Ongava Lodge Airstrip · 386 km / 240 miOKU · Mokuti Lodge Airport · 410 km / 255 miMUB · Maun International Airport · 678 km / 421 miGBE · Sir Seretse Khama International Airport · 891 km / 554 miSDD · Lubango Mukanka International Airport · 935 km / 581 miBBK · Kasane International Airport · 955 km / 593 miVFA · Victoria Falls International Airport · 999 km / 621 miLVI · Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport · 1,013 km / 629 miJNB · O.R. Tambo International Airport · 1,165 km / 724 miBUG · Benguela Airport · 1,179 km / 733 miCBT · Catumbela Airport · 1,189 km / 739 miCPT · Cape Town International Airport · 1,283 km / 797 miLUN · Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · 1,401 km / 871 miNBJ · Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport · 1,552 km / 964 miNLA · Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport · 1,576 km / 979 miLAD · Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport · 1,581 km / 982 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 4,199 km / 2,609 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 8,110 km / 5,039 miMPA · Katima Mulilo Airport · 883 km / 549 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 7,828 km / 4,864 miMUC · Munich Airport · 7,897 km / 4,907 miFRAADDLADNLACPTCBTJNBLVIOKUSWPZRHLUNSDDMUBMUCGBEMPAFYNGWDH
Year-round19
SWPSwakopmund Municipal AerodromeNamibia · Westair Aviation299 km186 miFYNGOngava Lodge AirstripNamibia · Westair Aviation386 km240 miOKUMokuti Lodge AirportNamibia · Westair Aviation410 km255 miMUBMaun International AirportBotswana · Air Botswana678 km421 miGBESir Seretse Khama International AirportBotswana · Air Botswana891 km554 miSDDLubango Mukanka International AirportAngola · Fly Angola935 km581 miBBKKasane International AirportBotswana · Air Botswana955 km593 miVFAVictoria Falls International AirportZimbabwe · Westair Aviation999 km621 miLVIHarry Mwanga Nkumbula International AirportZambia · Proflight Zambia1,013 km629 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · South African Airways, Airlink1,165 km724 miBUGBenguela AirportAngola · Fly Angola1,179 km733 miCBTCatumbela AirportAngola · Fly Angola1,189 km739 miCPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair, Westair Aviation, Airlink1,283 km797 miLUNKenneth Kaunda International AirportZambia · Proflight Zambia1,401 km871 miNBJDr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International AirportAngola · TAAG Angola Airlines1,552 km964 miNLASimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International AirportZambia · Proflight Zambia1,576 km979 miLADQuatro de Fevereiro International AirportAngola · Fly Angola1,581 km982 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines4,199 km2,609 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines, Condor8,110 km5,039 mi
Most destinationsWestair Aviation 7Fly Angola 4Air Botswana 3Proflight Zambia 3Airlink 2Discover Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from WDH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Hosea Kutako International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers254K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,421of 3,974 · #93 Africa · #1 NALongest runway4,575 m15,010 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#16of 29,823 · #5 Africa · #1 NAElevation1,719 m5,640 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=1,323of 43,341 · =173 Africa · #8 NAAgeOpened 19642026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,263of 15,079 · =67 Africa · #2 NARunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =1 NA
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
APPWINDHOEK APP120.500
ATISATIS114.100
GTEAPRON121.900
TWRWINDHOEK TWR118.100