Phalaborwa Airport | |
Nativename: | Phalaborwa Airport |
Iata: | PHW |
Icao: | FAPH |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Phalaborwa, South Africa |
Elevation-F: | 1,432 |
Elevation-M: | 436 |
Coordinates: | -23.9367°N 40.3°W |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Limpopo |
Pushpin Label: | PHW |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Limpopo |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 01/19 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,373 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,505 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: South African AIP,[1] DAFIF[2] |
Phalaborwa Airport is an airport serving Phalaborwa,[3] a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was previously known as Hendrik van Eck Airport, named after the South African engineer and industrialist who died in 1970. The airport borders the Kruger National Park.
The airport resides at an elevation of 1432feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 01/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 1373mx18mm (4,505feetx59feetm).
Airlink ceased flights to and from Phalaborwa Airport on 10 June 2020.[4] As such, the airport no longer serves any commercial flights. Only charter flights are operated into and out of the airport.