| Kimberley Airport | |
| Nativename: | Afrikaans: Kimberley Lughawe |
| Iata: | KIM |
| Icao: | FAKM |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Airports Company South Africa |
| Location: | Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Elevation-F: | 3,950 |
| Elevation-M: | 1,204 |
| Coordinates: | -28.8017°N 24.7636°W |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa |
| Pushpin Label: | KIM |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Northern Cape |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 02/20 |
| R1-Length-M: | 3,000 |
| R1-Length-F: | 9,843 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 10/28 |
| R2-Length-M: | 2,439 |
| R2-Length-F: | 8,002 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Sources: South African AIP,[1] DAFIF[2] |
Kimberley Airport based in the Northern Cape is an airport that serves Kimberley, the capital city of the province and its surrounding areas. It was established in 1912. The airport is approximately 6.5 kilometers (12 minutes) away from the centre of Kimberley.[3] Annually, the Airport transports approximately 170,000 passengers across around 10,000 flights through airlines Airlink and ChemAir and provides regular domestic flights in South Africa between Cape Town International Airport and O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.
The airport is at an elevation of 3950feet above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 02/20 measuring 3000mx46mm (10,000feetx151feetm) and 10/28 measuring 2439mx46mm (8,002feetx151feetm).
| Passengers | % Change | ||
| 2006 | 129,037 | 31.5% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 147,275 | 14.1% | |
| 2008 | 155,615 | 5.7% | |
| 2009 | 130,506 | 11.6% | |
| 2010 | 132,756 | 1.7% | |
| 2011 | 135,939 | 2.4% | |
| 2012 | 153,125 | 12.6% | |
| 2013 | 152,667 | 0.3% | |
| 2014 | 163,138 | 6.9% | |
| 2015 | 161,151 | 1.2% | |
| 2016 | 179,599 | 11.4% | |
| 2017 | 170,042 | 5.3% |