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Upington International Airport (IATA: UTN, ICAO: FAUP) is an airport located in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa. At 4,900 metres (16,100 ft), runway 17/35 is one of the longest runways in the world. The high elevation of the airport, extremely high summer temperatures and the fact that it was designed for the Boeing 747 necessitated the ...
[6] [7] It had one main runway of 3,200m and two smaller ones of 2,514m that crossed the main with all runways being 60m wide. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] A 1,000 men had been employed in the repair workshops. [ 6 ] The technical areas consisted of 2,957m of roads, 26,477sqm of concrete apron while the hangars had openings of 106m at a height of 21m. [ 6 ]
There were three runways, the relative positions of which formed a triangle. Runway 17/35 was the longest, being 1,800 m long (6,000 ft) and 55 m wide (180 ft). Runway 04/22 was 1,400 m in length (4,500 ft) and runway 13/31 was 1,510 m long (4,950 ft). Both 17/35 and 04/22 were tarred; 13/31 was grass.
It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,499 by 45 metres (14,760 ft × 148 ft) as well as asphalt taxiways. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] As of 2014, the airport is undergoing an expansion that includes re-marking runways and taxiways as well as installing a new instrument landing system that should allow Mahikeng airport to regain ...
Sources: South African AIP, [2] DAFIF [3] [4] Pilanesberg International Airport ( IATA : NTY , ICAO : FAPN ) is an airport serving Sun City in the North West province of South Africa . It is located adjacent to the Pilanesberg National Park .
Map of South Africa. This is a list of airports in South Africa, grouped by type and sorted by location. Most of the largest airports are owned by the Airports Company of South Africa these include all the international airports except for Lanseria International Airport which is privately owned. Most other public airports are owned by local ...
Entrance Aerial view of Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport. The airport resides at an elevation of 226 feet (69 m) above mean sea level. [3] It has two asphalt paved runways: 08/26 is 1,980 by 46 metres (6,496 ft × 151 ft) and 17/35 is 1,677 by 46 metres (5,502 ft × 151 ft). [3]