Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
Midlands Province

Gweru-Thornhill Air Base

Gweru-Thornhill Air Base is one of the two main air bases of the Air Force of Zimbabwe located near the central city of . The airbase is home to air force fighter squadrons and the Pilot Training School.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Zimbabwe
  • Also known as: “FVTL”, “GWE”, and “Thornhill Airbase”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gweru.

, originally known as Gwelo, is a city in central . It is on the centre of . Originally an area known to the Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the River's high banks, in 1894 it became the site of a military outpost established by Leander Starr Jameson.

Gweru-Thornhill Air Base

Latitude
-19.43927° or 19° 26′ 21″ south
Longitude
29.86119° or 29° 51′ 40″ east
Elevation
1,426 metres (4,678 feet)
IATA airport code
GWE
ICAO airport code
FVTL
Open location code
5GGFHV66+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 213485756
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6297115
Wiki­data ID
Q5623569
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Gweru-Thornhill Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gweru-Thornhill Air Base”
  • Indonesian: “FVTL”
  • Indonesian: “GWE”
  • Japanese: “グウェル・ソーンヒル空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “グウェル＝トロンヒル空軍基地”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ibirindiro by’indege bya Gweru-Thornhill Air Base”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Thornhill”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Thornhill”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Thornhill”
  • Turkish: “Gweru-thornhill hava alanı”
  • Turkish: “Gweru-Thornhill Hava Alanı”

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