Charles Prince Airport

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Charles Prince Airport
Super Constellation at Salisbury Airport Rhodesia.JPG
Super Constellation parked at Charles Prince Airport in 1975 and used as a clubhouse.
IATA: noneICAO: FVCP
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Harare
Location Mount Hampden
Elevation AMSL 1,477 m / 4,845 ft
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
14/32 925 3,035 Asphalt

Charles Prince Airport, formerly named Mount Hampden and renamed after former airport manager Charles Prince (who was a Royal Air Force officer during World War II), is located approximately 8 km northwest of Harare, Zimbabwe. During World War II it served as a Rhodesian Air Training Group (RATG) location, training pilots for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. In 1973 the airport was converted to civilian use.

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