Information of Kariba Airport

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

• by Klaus Wybranietz

Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	FVKB
Airport IATA Code:	KAB
Airport Type:	A - Civil
Longitude/Latitude:	E 028° 53' 05.93"/S 16° 31' 11.14" 28.884981/-16.519761
Elevation:	1706 ft / 519.99 m
Location:	Kariba, Zimbabwe
Magnetic Variation:	W 6°53.0' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC+2

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Approach Control	APP	125.3 M
Tower	TWR	125.3 M

Runway Information

Runway 09/27

Dimension:	5413 x 59 ft / 1649.9 x 18.0 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 09	Runway 27
Longitude:	28.877303 / E 028° 52' 38.29"	28.892658 / E 028° 53' 33.57"
Latitude:	-16.520753 / S 16° 31' 14.71"	-16.518767 / S 16° 31' 07.56"
End Elevation:	1664.0 ft	1706.0 ft
Alignment:	089.0	269.0
Slope:	0.8	-0.8
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown
Lighting System 1:	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Remarks

Caution - Small game and large birds are a haz to acft in vcnty of fld.

Fuel - Opr 0500-1500Z (NC-100, A1).

Miscellanouis - P-lines 120' AGL 0.5 NM S of fld. Ldg fees rqr.

Operating Hours - Opr 0600-1430Z Mon-Fri.

Restricted - E twy clsd to acft with AUW greater than 28,700 lbs.