# Gweru - Thornhill Air Base (GWE)

> Gweru, ZW · IATA: GWE · ICAO: FVTL · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `GWE` |
| ICAO | `FVTL` |
| City | Gweru |
| Country | ZW |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 1426 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -19.43672, 29.86194 |

## Description

Unlike Zimbabwe's commercial fields, Gweru's Thornhill (GWE) is first and foremost an Air Force base in the Midlands, not a freight or scheduled-passenger airport. Civilian cargo handling is effectively absent. The region's industry — steel and ferrochrome around Kwekwe and Redcliff — moves its goods by road and rail to Harare, where air freight is consolidated at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport. Sitting at about 4'680 ft, Thornhill also serves as a pilot-training station. For shippers, it is a routing footnote rather than a cargo option.

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