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Walvis Bay Airport

Summary

Walvis Bay Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Walvis Bay Airport is located in Erongo Region[3].
  • Walvis Bay Airport is in the country of Namibia[4].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's image is recorded as Flughafen Walfish Bay Luftaufnahme.jpg[5].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[7].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's instance of is recorded as international airport[8].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's operator is recorded as Namibia Airports Company[9].
  • Walvis Bay is named after Walvis Bay Airport[10].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as WVB[11].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as FYWB[12].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's Commons category is recorded as Walvis Bay Airport[13].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Africa/Windhoek[14].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's runway is recorded as 09/27[15].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -22.98, 'lon': 14.645278}[16].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0281dll[17].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's official website is recorded as http://www.airports.com.na/airports/walvis-bay-international-airport/14/[18].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Walvis Bay[19].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3362101[20].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Walvis Bay'}[21].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Walvis Bay'}[22].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+299'}[23].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1278726[24].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': -22.9799, 'lon': 14.6453}[25].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+67445'}[26].
  • Walvis Bay Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+74862'}[27].

Body

Geography

Walvis Bay Airport is in the country of Namibia[4]. It is located in Erongo Region[3].

Physical Characteristics

Walvis Bay Airport's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+299'}[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[6], commercial traffic aerodrome[7], and international airport[8].

History and Context

Walvis Bay is named after Walvis Bay Airport[10].

Why It Matters

Walvis Bay Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Namibia Walvis Bay

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . de.wikipedia.org. de.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . de.wikipedia.org. de.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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