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Charles Prince Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Mount Hampden

06/24
  
1,200

Address
  
Zimbabwe

Serves
  
Harare

Elevation AMSL
  
4,845 ft / 1,477 m

1,200
  
3,937

Phone
  
+263 4 302 036

Charles Prince Airport

Boeing 707 refuelling saaf cheetahs over charles prince airport harare


Charles Prince Airport (ICAO: FVCP), formerly named Mount Hampden and renamed after former airport manager Charles Prince (who was a Royal Air Force officer during World War II), is approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of Harare, Zimbabwe.

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During World War II it served as a Rhodesian Air Training Group location, training pilots for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. In 1973 the airport was converted to civilian use.

The Harare-Charles Prince non-directional beacon (Ident: CP) is located on the field.

Fsx santa s sleigh banking near charles prince airport harare


References

Charles Prince Airport Wikipedia