# Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE)

> Harare, ZW · IATA: HRE · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HRE` |
| City | Harare |
| Country | ZW |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 1490 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | -17.93180, 31.09280 |

## Description

Around 10,000 tonnes a year move through a cargo terminal built for 30,000: Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) in Harare is Zimbabwe's principal air freight gateway, and its 12,000-square-metre facility is running well below its design capacity. The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) wants to change that, announcing a second runway and a new cargo terminal that would consolidate handling now spread across several buildings, with the stated aim of turning HRE into a regional passenger and cargo hub. In parallel, Transvaal Africa plans a cargo village of just over one billion US dollars under a public-private partnership with ACZ, adding grading, sorting and packaging — both projects are announcements rather than finished infrastructure. Aviation Ground Services (AGS) handles the freight, including dangerous goods, perishables and live animals. Most lift is belly capacity on passenger aircraft supplemented by freighter services; exports are led by tobacco, cut flowers and fresh vegetables, with minerals adding volume. Customs, bonded warehousing and pre-arrival declarations run through the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), which requires pre-shipment conformity assessment on many imports — the step where unprepared consignments most often stall. Landlocked Zimbabwe leans on the seaports of Beira in Mozambique and Durban in South Africa, with the Beira corridor linking Harare to the coast by road and rail. Shippers needing more frequency or genuine freighter capacity generally fall back on Johannesburg O. R. Tambo (JNB), about 1,100 road kilometres south, or Lusaka (LUN).

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