Southern Africa
Namibia
Erongo

Walvis Bay Airport

Walvis Bay International Airport is an airport serving , a town in the of . The airport is about 15 km east of the town.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “FYWB”, “Rooikop”, “Rooikop Lughawe”, “Walvis Bay”, “Walvis Bay International Airport”, and “WVB”
  • Address: Walvis Bay

Walvis Bay Airport

Latitude
-22.97828° or 22° 58′ 42″ south
Longitude
14.64721° or 14° 38′ 50″ east
Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)
Operator
Namibian Civil Government
IATA airport code
WVB
ICAO airport code
FYWB
Open location code
5F9P2JCW+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 88288343
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
3362101
Wiki­data ID
Q960708
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Walvis Bay Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Walvisbaai-lughawe”
  • Cebuano: “Walvis Bay Airport”
  • Chinese: “鯨灣港”
  • Chinese: “鲸湾港”
  • Dutch: “Internationale luchthaven Walvisbaai”
  • French: “aéroport de Walvis Bay”
  • French: “Aéroport de Walvis Bay”
  • French: “WVB”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Walvis Bay”
  • German: “Walvis Bay International Airport”
  • Hungarian: “Walvis Bay nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “FYWB”
  • Indonesian: “WVB”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Walvis Bay”
  • Japanese: “ウォルビスベイ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Walvis Bay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Walvis Bay Lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Walvis Bay lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه ولویس بی”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Walvis Bay”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Walvis Bay”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Walvis Bay”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи влуис бе”
  • Ukrainian: “Волфіш-Бей (аеропорт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Волфіш-Бей”

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