JOSHUA MQABUKO NKOMO AIRPORT ASSISTANCE

Overview Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport

Originally known as Bulawayo International Airport, it was renamed in honour of the late Dr Joshua Nkomo, the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union in 2001. Dr Nkomo also served as a Vice President of the Zimbabwe Government. It is another of Zimbabwe's international airports. Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport near the capital sees similar flight traffic.

The airport operates 16 hours a day, with immigration and customs services available during operating hours. The offered airport facilities include aircraft parking, cargo and passenger handling.

Additional facilities include dining, shopping, accommodation, banking, car parking, car rentals and shuttle services. The new terminal of Joshua Nkomo International Airport was opened on 1 November 2013.

Facilities Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport

• The airport has two (2) runways 2,588 metres long by 45 metres wide and 1,347 metres long by 30 metres wide respectively.
• Total annual passenger capacity 1, 5 million.
• Airport Rescue & Fire Fighting Services is Category 7 and can be upgraded as need arises.
• The main runway has CAT I Instrument Landing System (ILS) complemented by associated systems.
• 14-hour operations that include Air Traffic Control, Meteorological services, Aviation Security and Fire Cover
• Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and Immigration operate between 0600hrs to 1900hrs but available after hours by prior arrangement.
• Fuel facilities with a handling capacity of 255,000 litres JET A1 and 45,000 litres AVGAS currently operated by Zuva Petroleum and Puma Aviation..

About Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport

• Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (BUQ) is located in the municipality of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, Africa. It's a medium airport in Zimbabwe based in the region Bulawayo Metropolitan Province. Passengers can fly to and from the airport with a scheduled service.
• A startling fact is that the airport is at a very high altitude.

Hitory Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport

Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport is a midsized airport in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The airport is located at latitude -20.01531 and longitude 28.62271. The airport has 2 runways: 2/20 and 13/31. The ICAO airport code of this field is FVBU. The airport's IATA code is BUQ. Nearby other airfields are Bulawayo, Induna Airport, Inyati Airport, Filabusi Airport and Tsholothso Airport.

Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport does not publish a METAR, the nearest weather station is Bulawayo, which is 1.1 km away. The flight information region (FIR) is Harare.

Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport is in the timezone of Africa/Harare. Difference with UTC is +2 h. Today the sun rises at 06:31 and sets at 17:51. This applies to Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

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