Walvis Bay Airport

Walvis Bay International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorNamibia Airports Co.[1]
ServesWalvis Bay, Namibia
Elevation AMSL299 ft / 91 m
Coordinates22°58′47″S 14°38′43″E / 22.97972°S 14.64528°E / -22.97972; 14.64528
Websiteairports.com.na
Map
WVB is located in Namibia
WVB
WVB
Location of the airport in Namibia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,500 11,483 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
PassengersIncrease 79,763
Aircraft movements17,620
Sources: Namibia Airports Co.,[2] DAFIF

Walvis Bay International Airport (IATA: WVB, ICAO: FYWB) is an airport serving Walvis Bay,[3][4] a town in the Erongo Region of Namibia. The airport is about 15 km (9 mi) east of the town.[3][5][6][7] Walvis Bay International Airport handled more than 98,178 passengers, and logged over 20 000 aircraft movements in 2015.[8]

  1. ^ "Namibia Airports Company: Airport Information". Archived from the original on 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Walvis Bay Airport". Namibia Airports Company, Ltd. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Walvis Bay Airport". Namibia Airports Company, Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010.
  4. ^ Airport information for FYWB[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  5. ^ "Distance from Walvis Bay to airport". WikiMapia. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Walvis Bay International Airport, Walvis Bay".
  7. ^ "Post-Covid tourism numbers picking up - New Era". 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference airport-technology.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).