Airports / Zimbabwe / HWN
Hwange National Park Airport
FVWN / HWNGwayi River Farms, ZimbabweELEV 3,543 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
75 nm
To the nearest alternate
Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA).
Overview
Hwange National Park Airport, listed as FVWN / HWN, is a mid-sized airport in Gwayi River Farms, Zimbabwe. Field elevation is 3,543 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list HWN as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA, 75 nm), Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI, 84 nm), and Kasane International Airport (BBK, 116 nm).
Trip costs from HWN are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from HWN to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
FVWN
IATA
HWN
FAA / Local
FVWN
Elevation
3,543 ft
Coordinates
18.6299° S · 27.0210° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Zimbabwe fields
state range 1,421–4,887 ft
At 3,543 ft, HWN sits lower than 56% of the 9 Zimbabwe fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 75nmVFAVictoria Falls International AirportVictoria Falls
- 84nmLVIHarry Mwanga Nkumbula International AirportLivingstone
- 116nmBBKKasane International AirportKasane
- 123nmBUQJoshua Mqabuko Nkomo International AirportBulawayo
- 126nmSXNSua Pan AirportSowa
- 154nmFRWPhillip Gaonwe Matante International AirportFrancistown
Location
Open the full mapFVWN · Hwange National Park Airport · Gwayi River Farms, Zimbabwe