| Polokwane International Airport | |
| Nativename: | Gateway Airports Authority Limited |
| Iata: | PTG |
| Icao: | FAPP |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Limpopo#South Africa#Africa |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Airport in Limpopo |
| Pushpin Label: | PTG |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Type: | Public |
| City-Served: | Polokwane (Pietersburg), South Africa |
| Elevation-F: | 4,076 |
| Elevation-M: | 1,242 |
| Coordinates: | -23.8453°N 29.4586°W |
| R1-Number: | 01/19 |
| R1-Length-F: | 8,400 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,560 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 05/23 |
| R2-Length-F: | 7,612 |
| R2-Length-M: | 2,320 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source: WorldAeroData.com[1] |
Polokwane International Airport (Afrikaans: Polokwane Internasionale Lughawe), is an airport serving the city of Polokwane (known until 2005 as Pietersburg) in the South African province of Limpopo. The airport is located 5 km north of the city.[2] It is not to be confused with the nearby Pietersburg Civil Aerodrome .
It opened in March 1996[3] on the site of a former air force base[4] [5] (which had the ICAO code FAPB[6]). It was formerly known as "Gateway International Airport".[4] [7] It is owned by Gateway Airports Authority Limited, owned by the Limpopo Provincial Government to manage all public airports in Limpopo.[8]
In April 2021 the South African Civil Aviation Authority downgraded the airport's license category due to inadequate provision of safety services for scheduled commercial flights. Consequently Airlink suspended their flights.[9] The airport has scheduled flights to Johannesburg, with five flights on weekdays, one flight on Saturday and two on Sunday.[10] As of 2010, it handled approximately 8,000 aircraft and 58,700 passengers per year.[4]
Polokwane International Airport is back in full operation. Since March 2023, the Airport has three flights a day during weekdays and two over the weekend between Polokwane and Johannesburg.