Walvis Bay Airport (Walvis Bay Airport)
Walvis Bay International Airport is an airport serving Walvis Bay, a town in the Erongo Region of Namibia. The airport is about 15 km east of the town.
Walvis Bay International Airport handled more than 98,178 passengers, and logged over 20 000 aircraft movements in 2015.
Established as AFB Rooikop, a South African Air Force station (and later as a base) that closed in 1994. It was home to several SAAF squadrons: In April 2018, Westair Aviation flies scheduled services to six new destinations in Namibia and South Africa.
* 16 Squadron SAAF: 1939–1940
* 27 Squadron SAAF: 1940s
Due to flight performance and headwinds, Airlink in March 2019 has decided to re-direct its technical fuel-stop in Windhoek to Walvis Bay International Airport, a move which would accommodate more passengers on the final leg to Saint Helena Airport. The airline has resumed its Johannesburg-service to the island in late March 2022, again landing in Walvis Bay briefly for re-fueling purposes.
Walvis Bay International Airport handled more than 98,178 passengers, and logged over 20 000 aircraft movements in 2015.
Established as AFB Rooikop, a South African Air Force station (and later as a base) that closed in 1994. It was home to several SAAF squadrons: In April 2018, Westair Aviation flies scheduled services to six new destinations in Namibia and South Africa.
* 16 Squadron SAAF: 1939–1940
* 27 Squadron SAAF: 1940s
Due to flight performance and headwinds, Airlink in March 2019 has decided to re-direct its technical fuel-stop in Windhoek to Walvis Bay International Airport, a move which would accommodate more passengers on the final leg to Saint Helena Airport. The airline has resumed its Johannesburg-service to the island in late March 2022, again landing in Walvis Bay briefly for re-fueling purposes.
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The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since then, the Bantu groups, the largest being the Ovambo, have dominated the population of the country; since the late 19th century, they have constituted a majority. Today Namibia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world.
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NAD | Namibian dollar | $ | 2 |
ZAR | South African rand | Rs | 2 |
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AF | Afrikaans language |
EN | English language |
DE | German language |
HZ | Herero language |