# Kamembe Airport (KME / HRZA)

**Kamembe Airport** (IATA: KME, ICAO: HRZA) is a medium airport in Kamembe, Western Province, Rwanda. It opened in 1928. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KME / HRZA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kamembe, Western Province, Rwanda
- Opened: 1928
- Elevation: 1,583 m / 5,192 ft
- Coordinates: -2.4622, 28.9079
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Kigali
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamembe_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q821267
- Weather station: HRZA · WMO 64380
- Ident: HRZA

## Timeline

- 1928: Kamembe Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 017° / 197° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =644 in Africa | #2 in RW |
| Elevation | 1,583 m / 5,192 ft | =1,777 of 43,403 | #286 in Africa | #3 in RW |
| Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =7 in Africa | =1 in RW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in RW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 120.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [BKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzma.md) Bukavu Kavumu Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [GYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryg.md) Gisenyi Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [GOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzna.md) Goma International Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [BJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbba.md) Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · 147 km / 92 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/hrza/data