Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport HRE / FVRG
Harare · Zimbabwe · Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) (Private) Limited — state-owned parastatal operating 8 Zimbabwean airports commercially; air navigation services (incl. ILS) provided separately by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ), which maintains an office at the airport's International Terminal
1.7Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas · bonded
ICAO / IATAFVRG / HRE
OperatorAirports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) (Private) Limited — state-owned parastatal operating 8 Zimbabwean airports commercially; air navigation services (incl. ILS) provided separately by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ), which maintains an office at the airport's International Terminal
Coordinates17.9318°S, 31.0928°E
Elevation4,887 ft · 1,490 m
Time zoneCAT (UTC+2, no DST)
Passengers / yr1,652,432 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas
BondedYes
AIP referenceFVRG — AIP Zimbabwe (CAAZ); ICAO code renamed from FVHA following the 2017 airport renaming
Operating hoursH24 — 24/7 airport operations per ACZ; confirm tower/ATC and CIQ desk hours via NOTAM for red-eye ops
TerminalsSeparate International and Domestic passenger terminals (42 check-in counters, 7 aerobridges, 60 retail/service outlets) following the China-financed 2023 upgrade that raised design capacity to 6M pax/yr per ACZ; a VIP terminal and a standalone cargo terminal also exist but their exact size/tonnage figures are unconfirmed
Runways (1)
- 05/23 · 4,725 m / 15,502 ft · 46 m wide · Asphalt/Concrete · ILS ILS CAT I (RWY 05)
Airport contact
Zimbabwe's primary international gateway and Air Zimbabwe's home base; single runway (4,725m, one of Africa's longest, often cited as A380-capable by runway length though no scheduled A380 service exists) with no parallel runway — a second-runway/new-cargo-terminal expansion has been reported but not independently confirmed. CY2025 pax (1,652,432) reflects the post-2023-upgrade traffic surge; no verified newer full-year figure exists yet.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
AGS (Aviation Ground Services)
Full passenger, ramp and aircraft handling at RGM International; based at the New Cargo Village on-airport, confirmed on ACZ's official passenger and cargo handling companies page (acz.co.zw) and on AGS's own site (via Wayback Machine, as the live site is currently "under construction"). AGS is ISAGO- and RA3-certified per its own LinkedIn page ("We are ISAGO and RA3 certified"). Diversified from cargo-only into passenger handling in May 2023 per press reporting (ZimEye, Nov 2023); AGS Chief Operating Officer Shingirai Ruombwa (reported as Harare station manager in 2023 press, managing director in Nov 2023 coverage) has spoken publicly on the buildout. Press confirms a US$4.5m investment in new passenger-handling equipment — baggage-handling systems, wheelchairs and vehicles — enabling simultaneous handling of up to three wide-body arrivals/departures; a separate 2023 headline referenced AGS "seeking US$2m for retooling" but that article's equipment detail could not be independently confirmed, so it is not restated here. · 24 hours
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
National Handling Services (NHS)
Government-owned ground handler at RGM International Airport (Level 1, Domestic Terminal); own site (nhszim.com) confirms IATA accreditation, RA3 certification and ISAGO provider status, and lists Ground Handling, Ramp Services, Passenger Handling, Freighter Handling and VIP/Charter Handling as core lines; listed on ACZ's official passenger and cargo handling companies page as the incumbent operator alongside AGS. Contact email confirmed as NHS's own listed "Manager Operations & Customer Services" address for Harare. · 24 hours
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 4 providers
HAFS (Harare Airport Fuel Services)
Jet A-1 (and Avgas) into-plane fuel services from its own Fuel Farm site at RGM International Airport; confirmed directly on the Airports Company of Zimbabwe's official Aviation Fuel Services page, with address, phone and email all matching exactly.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
TotalEnergies Zimbabwe (Total Zimbabwe)
Supplies Jet A-1 at RGM International Airport; confirmed directly on ACZ's official Aviation Fuel Services page (Fuel Farm Site 30+H), phone number matching exactly.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Zuva Petroleum
Markets aviation fuel to commercial, private, corporate and government aircraft at RGM International, confirmed via independent Zimbabwean business-reference reporting (Pindula); storage at Fuel Farm Site 30 per ACZ's official Aviation Fuel Services page, phone number matching exactly. Note: ACZ's page lists an identical Jet A-1/Avgas storage figure for all three Site-30-cluster suppliers (HAFS, Total, Zuva), which reads as a templated entry rather than a Zuva-specific figure, so that number is deliberately not repeated here as company-specific.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Puma Energy (Sakunda Petroleum)
24-hour Jet A-1 into-plane fuel storage and supply at RGM International (Fuel Farm AVI Site 4, per ACZ's official Aviation Fuel Services page, phone matching exactly). Began operating in 2015 with 232m3 of capacity; press confirms a further US$3m storage expansion opened in 2024 that doubled capacity to roughly one million litres, with local press (dated July 2026) reporting an additional US$3m expansion since. The earlier draft's "expanded from 232m3 to 490m3 by 2019" figure could not be corroborated against any source found and has been replaced with this verified timeline. Reported to supply Air Zimbabwe, Ethiopian Airlines, RwandAir, Air Malawi, Air Botswana and Fastjet per company/press reporting (customer list not). · 24 hours
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
Air Zimbabwe
Self-handled, Air Zimbabwe — company's own site (airzimbabwe.aero) confirms its Maintenance Department (Engineering Maintenance Control, Aircraft Maintenance and Workshops) is CAAZ-approved and based at RGM International Airport.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Available
Air Zimbabwe
In-house, Air Zimbabwe — company's own "Third Party Maintenance" page (airzimbabwe.aero) confirms it offers commercial MRO services to third-party customers from its Harare base, alongside general engineering services (metrology, NDT, welding). The page's existence and summary were confirmed via indexed search content; the specific A/B/C/D-check and B767-200ER/B737-200 capability claims sit behind a cookie-consent wall that could not be cleared, so that level of detail was not independently re-verified.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Catercraft (Private) Limited
Sole airline flight-catering company in Zimbabwe (established 1980), based on Manyame Road at RGM International Airport; confirmed directly on ACZ's official Food & Beverages tenant page, with address and phone matching exactly; also has branches in Bulawayo and Victoria Falls.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Available · 2 providers
AGS (Aviation Ground Services)
AGS's own site and marketing content list Aircraft Handling, Warehousing and Cargo Handling as its core lines; no distinct cabin-cleaning/grooming service is advertised, so this is not independently confirmed as a discrete AGS offering (it may be bundled informally into ramp handling).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
National Handling Services (NHS)
"Aircraft Grooming" confirmed as a named core service line in NHS's own site navigation (nhszim.com/services).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
AGS (Aviation Ground Services)
Cargo and warehousing handling from the New Cargo Village, RGM International Airport, confirmed on AGS's own site ("aircraft and cargo handling services" plus "cold room and freezer facilities"); press reports AGS holds the majority share of Zimbabwe's air-freight handling market. · 24 hours
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
National Handling Services (NHS)
Cargo & Mail Handling listed as a core NHS service line on its own site, with a dedicated Cargo Operations contact (•••) separate from general Harare operations. · 24 hours
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Available · 2 providers
AGS (Aviation Ground Services)
AGS's own site describes cargo/ramp security screening — sniffer dogs, CCTV and X-ray scanners — at its Cargo Village facility; this is regulated-agent-style cargo screening, not confirmed landside passenger security or general airside guarding.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
National Handling Services (NHS)
"Airport Security Services" confirmed as a named core service line in NHS's own site navigation; NHS separately also lists "Airport Lounges" among its services. Precise scope (screening vs. guarding) is not detailed on the public site.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available
Europcar
Active car rental branch at the Harare Airport terminal per Europcar's own site, open 07:00-22:00 daily with 24/7 returns; general public/crew car hire, no confirmed dedicated airline-crew contract. Phone number corrected from the draft to match Europcar's own listed contact for this branch. · 07:00-22:00
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Unconfirmed
Rainbow Towers Hotel & Conference Centre
5-star Harare CBD hotel roughly 8-14km / 15-25 minutes from RGM International Airport with an airport shuttle service, confirmed via independent travel-booking listings (Kayak, Momondo); commonly cited among the closest full-service hotels to HRE. No specific airline crew-accommodation contract was located, so status remains unconfirmed rather than assumed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
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