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Buffalo Range Airport

Buffalo Range Airport

Situated in the South Eastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe, Buffalo Range Airport always gives its guests a warm welcome in terms of natural hospitality and climatic conditions. The airport is centrally located between the two sugar towns, Triangle and Chiredzi which are thirty kilometres (30km) apart.

Buffalo Range Airport is the gateway to the three main conservancies that are located in the South Eastern Lowveld namely Save Valley, Malilangwe and Bubiana .The airport also provides access to the Great Limpopo Trans Frontier Park which brings together some of the richest and most established wildlife areas in Zimbabwe (Gonarezhou), Mozambique (Limpopo National Park) and South Africa (Kruger National Park) .In addition, the airport provides access to  Green Fuels production at Chisumbanje and the recently commissioned giant Tugwi Mukosi Dam.

 

 

Facilities and Services

 

  • 1578 metres long and 30 metres wide runway with a capacity to accommodate aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 737-700 executive series.
  • Aviation Fuel facilities with carrying capacities of 81000 litres for both Jet A-1 and Avgas.
  • Category 5 fire cover
  • Hours of operation are from 0700 to 1700 hours local time.
  • Customs (ZIMRA) and Immigration available
  • Port Health Services
  • Meteorological Services

 

Air Services

 

The airport is currently handling non-scheduled charter flights and private flights. Federal Air is providing weekly scheduled charter flights on Mondays and Thursdays from O.R Tambo International Airport.  Other charter companies like Execujet, Sunrise Aviation, East Coast Air, Fly Jetstream, Comair Flight Services, Halsteads, Guthrie Aviation, Falcon Air and Executive Air frequent the airport.

 

Tourist attraction sights located in the vicinity of Buffalo Range Airport:

  • Chilojo Cliffs
  • Gonarezhou National Park
  • Singita Pamushana (Malilangwe Trust)