Buffalo Range Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Zimbabwe}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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| city-served = Chiredzi
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| elevation-f = 1421
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| r1-number = 14/32
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| r1-surface = Bituminous
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| footnotes = Sources: World Aero Data{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=FVCZ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=FVCZ|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for FVCZ|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006.
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Buffalo Range Airport {{airport codes|BFO|FVCZ}} is an airport serving Chiredzi, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. It is {{convert|10|km}} northwest of the town.
Characteristics
The Chiredzi non-directional beacon (Ident: CZ) is located {{convert|3.75|nmi|km}} off the threshold of runway 14. The Chiredzi or Buffalo Range non-directional beacon (Ident: BI) is located on the field.{{SkyVector|FVCZ}}{{Cite web|url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/BI/Buffalo_Range_NDB_ZW/|title=Buffalo Range NDB (BI) |website= OurAirports|access-date=2018-09-03}}
Accidents and incidents
- 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.{{ASN accident|title= R7034|id= 19770106-3|accessdate= 20 March 2012}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{GCM|BFO|Buffalo Range Airport|source=DAFIF}}
- [http://ourairports.com/airports/FVCZ/pilot-info.html#general OurAirports - Buffalo Range]
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Category:Buildings and structures in Masvingo Province
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