Walvis Bay Airport

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The Walvis Bay International Airport, also Walvis Bay Rooikop Airport, is the airport of the city of Walvis Bay, the second largest airport in terms of passenger numbers and Namibia 's main airport on the west coast of the country.

The airport is located on the main road C14, and its proximity to the sea port of Walvis Bay airport also developed into a major hub for air cargo.

Airlines and connections

From Walvis Bay airport scheduled flights to Johannesburg and Cape Town are offered by Air Namibia and SA Express. In addition, Air Namibia flies to Windhoek Eros airports and HKIA.

There is also a regular flights to get on a charter basis to tourist destinations, especially along the Atlantic coast through the Namib Desert to Sossusvlei.

Expansion measures

Since early 2008, the airport for the second international airport in the country was built. As an extension measures the extension of the airstrip was completed and started the construction of the new fire station Rooikop on 16 October 2009 and closed on November 7, 2011. Moreover, even the airport building to be expanded.

The largely completed expansion of the airport can now also intercontinental flights at the airport.

Statistics

Source: NAC Statistics Template: Web Archive / Maintenance / Nummerierte_Parameter 1 Data refer to six months from September 2010 to February 2011