Information of Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport

• Location & QuickFacts
• Airport Communications
• Runway Information
• Remarks

• by Lemmy

Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	FVBU
Airport IATA Code:	BUQ
Airport Type:	A - Civil
Longitude/Latitude:	E 028° 37' 04.33"/S 20° 01' 02.75" 28.617869/-20.017431
Elevation:	4359 ft / 1328.62 m
Location:	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Magnetic Variation:	W 10°20.8' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC+2

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Approach Control	NKOMO APP	119.7 M
Tower	NKOMO TWR	118.3 M

Runway Information

Runway 02/20

Dimension:	4419 x 98 ft / 1346.9 x 29.9 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 02	Runway 20
Longitude:	28.618172 / E 028° 37' 05.42"	28.619889 / E 028° 37' 11.60"
Latitude:	-20.015231 / S 20° 00' 54.83"	-20.003139 / S 20° 00' 11.30"
End Elevation:	4350.0 ft	4326.0 ft
Alignment:	018.0	198.0
Slope:	-0.5	0.5
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown

Runway 13/31

Dimension:	8491 x 148 ft / 2588.1 x 45.1 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 13	Runway 31
Longitude:	28.615156 / E 028° 36' 54.56"	28.637611 / E 028° 38' 15.40"
Latitude:	-20.016219 / S 20° 00' 58.39"	-20.026236 / S 20° 01' 34.45"
End Elevation:	4351.0 ft	4359.0 ft
Alignment:	125.0	305.0
Slope:	0.1	-0.1
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown
Lighting System 1:	Low Intensity Runway Lighting System	Low Intensity Runway Lighting System
Lighting System 2:	Runway End Identifier Lights	Runway End Identifier Lights
Lighting System 3:	SALS or SALSF	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator
Lighting System 4:	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Remarks

Caution - Bird haz.

Fuel - Avbl 0500-1600Z (NC-100,A1).