Charles Prince Airport | |
Icao: | FVCP |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | pilot (PPL) |
City-Served: | Harare |
Location: | Mount Hampden |
Elevation-F: | 4845 |
Coordinates: | 271092-17.7514°N 30.925°W |
Pushpin Map: | Zimbabwe |
Pushpin Label: | FVCP |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Zimbabwe |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 06/24 |
R1-Length-M: | 1200 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 14/32 |
R2-Length-M: | 925 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: GCM Google Maps[1] |
Charles Prince Airport, formerly named Mount Hampden and renamed after former airport manager Charles Prince[2] (who was a Royal Air Force officer during World War II), is approximately 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.[3] [4]