GrahamBould (2007), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Name
Charles Prince Airport
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ICAO / GPS
FVCP / FVCP
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
11:23 am (CAT)
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Municipality
Harare
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Coordinates
17° 45′ 5″ N 30° 55′ 28″ E
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Elevation
4’850 ft (1’478 m MSL)
About Charles Prince Airport
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.
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.
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