Buffalo Range Airport
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Buffalo Range Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Chiredzi | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,421 ft / 433 m | ||||||||||
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| Sources: World Aero Data[1] | |||||||||||
Buffalo Range Airport (IATA: BFO, ICAO: FVCZ) is an airport serving Chiredzi, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the town.
Characteristics
[edit | edit source]The Chiredzi non-directional beacon (Ident: CZ) is located 3.75 nautical miles (6.95 km) off the threshold of runway 14. The Chiredzi or Buffalo Range non-directional beacon (Ident: BI) is located on the field.[2][3]
Accidents and incidents
[edit | edit source]- 6 January 1977: A Rhodesian Air Force Douglas C-47B, tail number R7034, hit overhead conveyor steel cables, across the Lundi River on return from Malapati airfield, crashing and killing three occupants, pilot, co-pilot and Despatcher. Three Despatcher passengers survived.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Data current as of October 2006.
- ^ Aeronautical chart and airport information for FVCZ at SkyVector
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Accident description for R7034 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 20 March 2012.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Airport information for Buffalo Range Airport at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- OurAirports - Buffalo Range Archived 2 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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