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Walvis Bay International Airport

Walvis Bay(Rooikop), Namibia · Africa

Africa Africa/Windhoek

2direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

3,500 mLongest runway

Walvis Bay International Airport (IATA: WVB, ICAO: FYWB) is an airport serving Walvis Bay, a city in the Erongo Region of Namibia. The airport is about 15 km (9 mi) east of the city centre. Walvis Bay International Airport handled more than 98,178 passengers, and logged over 20 000 aircraft movements in 2015.

Location

22.979°S, 14.647°E · 91 m s. n. m. (299 ft)

General data

CountryNamibia

CityWalvis Bay(Rooikop)

IATA codeWVB

ICAO codeFYWB

Coordinates22.979°S, 14.647°E

Elevation91 m s. n. m. (299 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Windhoek

Runways1

Longest runway3,500 m

OperatorNamibia Airports Company

Direct destinations2

Official website

Runways · 1

09/27

Length3,500 m11,483 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

122.500TWR · APP

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The airport was 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:

16 Squadron SAAF: 1939–1940

27 Squadron SAAF: 1940s

In April 2018, Westair Aviation operated scheduled services to six new destinations in Namibia and South Africa.

Due to flight performance and headwinds, Airlink in March 2019 decided to redirect 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 resumed its Johannesburg service to the island in late March 2022, again landing in Walvis Bay briefly for re-fueling purposes.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Airlink Westair Aviation

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Olga Ernst & Hp.Baumeler · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WVB

MLA

“Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WVB. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WVB (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_wvb,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WVB},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WVB}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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