Pietermaritzburg Airport

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Pietermaritzburg Airport

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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Msunduzi Local Municipality
Operator Airports Company South Africa
Serves Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Midlands, South Africa
Location2 Pharazyn Way, Oribi, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Elevation  AMSL 2,423 ft / 739 m
Coordinates 29°38′48″S30°23′54″E / 29.64667°S 30.39833°E / -29.64667; 30.39833
Map
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Location of Airport in KwaZulu-Natal
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PZB
PZB (South Africa)
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PZB (Africa)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
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16/345,0431,537Asphalt

Pietermaritzburg Airport( IATA : PZB, ICAO : FAPM) is the primary airport serving the city of Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas, including the Midlands and the outer west areas of Durban. Pietermaritzburg Airport is the only airport in the greater Pietermaritzburg area that offers scheduled passenger services. In 2013 the terminal building and apron were upgraded. [1]

Contents

In 2020, Pietermaritzburg Airport was one of the few airports authorised to open for domestic travel by the South African government in relation to the relaxing of COVID-19 lockdown measures. [2]

Airline and destination

AirlinesDestinations
Airlink Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo

Aeronautical information

View of an Airlink aircraft from the arrivals area Pietermaritzburg Airport arrivals area.jpg
View of an Airlink aircraft from the arrivals area
TypeIdentificationFrequency
NDBOBI280
NDBORI441.74
NDBPU407
NDBPZ257
VORPMV117.9

Communication

Communication Frequency 122.0 MHz

Notes

The airport has Pilot Controlled night landing facilities. The lights are normally off and are switched on for a period of 15 minutes when Aircrew transmit 5 or 7 clicks in rapid succession on the communication frequency, depending on the intensity required (30% or 100%). Cloud break procedures are authorised onto runways 16 and 34, the procedures are fairly complicated due to the hilly terrain surrounding the airport.

Other activities at the airfield

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic for Pietermaritzburg Airport [4]
YearPassengers % Change
201059,199Decrease2.svg2.0%
201195,875Increase2.svg62.0%
2012102,688Increase2.svg7.1%
2013109,897Increase2.svg7.0%
2014125,836Increase2.svg14.5%
2015129,848Increase2.svg3.2%

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