AviatDataHosea Kutako International Airport WDH / FYWH
Windhoek · Namibia · Namibia Airports Company (NAC) — state-owned enterprise established 1998, overseen by Namibia's Ministry of Public Works and Transport (ministry name per available sources; not re-verified against a current cabinet gazette — Namibian ministry portfolios shift with reshuffles); NAC operates all 8 of Namibia's state-owned aerodromes (Hosea Kutako, Eros, Walvis Bay, Lüderitz, Keetmanshoop, Ondangwa, Rundu, Katima Mulilo)
1.3Mpax · 2024
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAFYWH / WDH
OperatorNamibia Airports Company (NAC) — state-owned enterprise established 1998, overseen by Namibia's Ministry of Public Works and Transport (ministry name per available sources; not re-verified against a current cabinet gazette — Namibian ministry portfolios shift with reshuffles); NAC operates all 8 of Namibia's state-owned aerodromes (Hosea Kutako, Eros, Walvis Bay, Lüderitz, Keetmanshoop, Ondangwa, Rundu, Katima Mulilo)
Coordinates22.4799°S, 17.4709°E
Elevation5,640 ft · 1,719 m
Time zoneCAT (UTC+2, no DST) — confirmed: the Namibian Time Bill 2017 (passed Aug 2017) abolished daylight saving and set Central Africa Time as the permanent year-round zone effective Sept 2017; Namibia previously alternated WAT (UTC+1) in winter and CAT (UTC+2) in summer, not the reverse
Passengers / yr1,257,093 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceFYWH — AIP Namibia (Namibia Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA)
Operating hoursEffectively H24 — Tower 118.1 / Approach 120.5 / ATIS 126.2; widebody international banks run daytime through late evening (Qatar Airways, Ethiopian, Discover Airlines, TAAG) plus multiple daily SAA/Airlink South Africa rotations; sole full CIQ international gateway for Namibia (domestic/GA traffic mostly uses Eros/FYWE); 30 min PPR for instrument/circuit training and night flights
TerminalsSingle international passenger terminal, expanded via a project reported at roughly NAD 245-250m (order-of-magnitude only, low-to-mid teens millions USD) that added self-service check-in kiosks and check-in counters and grew departure immigration counters and baggage-reclaim belt capacity. The earlier draft's granular specifics — 5 kiosks, 18 counters, immigration counters 3 to 7, belts 2 to 5, contractor "Nexus Contractors", completion year 2021, ~US$16.9m — could not be; treat those specific figures as approximate pending a primary NAC source. "Amushe" business lounge (opened Sept 2016, ~55-seat capacity — confirmed via Wikipedia); duty-free retail, restaurants, bureau de change, VAT tax-refund desk and car rental. A further, larger third-terminal project was announced Aug 2025 (confirmed) to accommodate rising tourism demand — status/completion as of Aug 2026 not independently confirmed, treat as planned/in-progress rather than delivered.
Runways (2)
- 08/26 · 4,575 m / 15,011 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
- 16/34 · 1,524 m / 5,000 ft · 30 m wide · Asphalt
Namibia's sole full international CIQ gateway, 45km east of Windhoek, with a notably long primary runway (08/26, 4,575m / 15,011ft — cross-confirmed via OurAirports and SkyVector data independently of each other) — a legacy of the field's original design margin that has at times been cited (unverified, could not confirm or deny) as a NASA Space Shuttle transatlantic abort-landing site candidate, though it never served in that role. Published ILS status for RWY 26 could NOT be independently confirmed: independent navaid data (OurAirports, SkyVector) shows no ILS or localizer at FYWH — only the WH NDB and WHV VOR-DME — so plan VOR/NDB/RNAV approaches unless a current NCAA AIP chart shows otherwise. Scheduled international service (per the operator's own current route listing) includes Qatar Airways (Doha), Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa), Discover Airlines/Lufthansa Group (Frankfurt), TAAG Angola (Luanda) and South African links via SAA and Airlink (Johannesburg, Cape Town) — FlySafair was not named on the operator's own route page and its presence at WDH is unconfirmed — plus FlyNamibia regional/domestic feed; domestic GA and charter traffic mostly uses Eros Airport (FYWE) nearer the city center instead. 2024 traffic of 1,257,093 passengers (Namibia Airports Company, confirmed via Wikipedia) remains below the pre-COVID 2019 peak of ~1,681,336; a planned third terminal was announced Aug 2025 (confirmed) to handle continued tourism-driven growth but its Aug-2026 build status was not independently verified.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Paragon Aviation Services
Sole ground handler at Hosea Kutako International Airport, operating under a ground-handling contract awarded by Namibia Airports Company; the company's own site (paragonnamibia.com) states it officially launched at HKIA on 1 September 2023 (not 19 August 2023 as an earlier draft had it) and lists Ethiopian Airlines, Qatar Airways, South African Airways, Lufthansa, TAAG Angola, Airlink and FlyNamibia among carriers served. Trades as Paragon Aviation Services under Paragon Investment Holdings, a diversified Namibian group founded by Desmond Amunyela and Lazarus Jacobs -- this is NOT a joint venture between Namibia Airports Company and Ethiopian Airlines; that ownership claim in an earlier draft is contradicted by the company's own About page and has been removed. That it replaced Menzies Aviation is plausible (a 2023 Namibian op-ed references Menzies having taken over ground handling from local Monte Christo-area staff) but not independently confirmed by us.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Puma Energy Namibia
Puma Energy is a real, established fuel distributor operating broadly in Namibia. A genuine Jet A-1 supply squeeze at Hosea Kutako International Airport was reported in August 2026 (New Era, 21 Aug 2026, "Domestic aviation on high alert amidst jet fuel squeeze"), confirming a real disruption at this airport -- but that report names only "fuel suppliers" generically and does not name Puma Energy. We could not independently locate the cited Namibian-press sourcing for an 18-year HKIA fuel contract, nor confirm Puma Energy specifically holds an active NAC jet-fuel concession or an into-plane fuelling role at HKIA; downgraded to unconfirmed pending a reachable source.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Vivo Energy Namibia
Vivo Energy Namibia (Shell-branded, Vitol group) is a real company, but in September 2025 it was reported selling its Namibia retail service-station assets to Nasan Energies (New Era, 18 Sep 2025), raising doubt about the scale of its current in-country operations -- though this need not affect a separate aviation-fuel supply business if one exists. We found no independent confirmation that Vivo Energy holds a jet-fuel concession at HKIA, of the specific August 2026 off-spec/quarantined Jet A-1 shipment claim, or of an into-plane fuelling role; downgraded to unconfirmed pending a reachable source.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Paragon Aviation Services
An earlier draft cited "aircraft grooming & appearance" as a listed service line on the company's own service page. We could not locate any such page on paragonnamibia.com (its services/brands content describes only general ground-handling services); the specific claim is unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
Paragon Aviation Services
An earlier draft described dedicated air-freight handling, weight-and-balance, customs coordination and three ~972 sqm cargo warehouses at HKIA, citing ch-aviation and Air Cargo News. We could not reach either source to verify, and paragonnamibia.com describes only general "ground handling services" without itemizing cargo operations. Plausible given Paragon is the sole ground handler, but unconfirmed pending a reachable source.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Paragon Aviation Services
Lists aviation security operations among its ground-handling service categories at HKIA on its own website; scope, screening certification and any subcontracting not independently confirmed beyond the company site.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available · 3 providers
Hertz
Airport-counter car rental at Hosea Kutako International Airport (location code WDHT50, B6 Hosea Kutako Airport), usable for crew and staff ground transport as well as passengers; a Hertz airport-location page for Windhoek/Hosea Kutako was confirmed live on hertz.com. Specific hours (Mon-Fri 06:00-21:00, Sat 06:00-17:00, Sun 06:00-21:00) as scraped could not be independently re-verified against the (JS-rendered) live page but were not contradicted by any source checked. · Mon-Fri 06:00-21:00, Sat 06:00-17:00, Sun 06:00-21:00
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Avis
Airport-counter car rental at Hosea Kutako Windhoek Airport, per Avis's own airport-location listing; Avis is a well-established international brand routinely present at this airport, consistent with general Namibia travel-trade sourcing. Specific phone number as scraped not independently re-verified.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Europcar
Airport-counter car rental at Hosea Kutako International Airport, per Europcar's own airport-location listing; Europcar is a well-established international brand routinely present at this airport. Specific hours (Mon-Sun 05:00-22:00) and phone as scraped not independently re-verified. · Mon-Sun 05:00-22:00
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Unconfirmed
Paragon Aviation Services
An earlier draft described private-aviation/charter ground support and VIP "meet and greet" services as a de facto FBO role at HKIA. We found no such service listed on paragonnamibia.com, which describes only general ground-handling services for scheduled carriers; unconfirmed pending a source.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed