Pietermaritzburg Airport

Pietermaritzburg Airport Pietermaritzburg Lughawe
IATA: PZB ICAO: FAPM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Msunduzi Local Municipality
Operator	Airports Company South Africa
Serves	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Midlands, South Africa
Location	2 Pharazyn Way, Oribi, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Elevation AMSL	2,423 ft / 739 m
Coordinates	29°38′48″S 30°23′54″E
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 5,043 1,537 Asphalt

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]

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

Airlines	Destinations
Airlink	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo

Aeronautical information

View of an Airlink aircraft from the arrivals area

Navigational aids

Type	Identification	Frequency
NDB	OBI	280
NDB	ORI	441.74
NDB	PU	407
NDB	PZ	257
VOR	PMV	117.9

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

• There is an Aero-club on the airfield (Called "Pietermaritzburg Aero" Club).[3]

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic for Pietermaritzburg Airport[4]

Year	Passengers	% Change
2010	59,199	2.0%
2011	95,875	62.0%
2012	102,688	7.1%
2013	109,897	7.0%
2014	125,836	14.5%
2015	129,848	3.2%

References

1. "PMB airport gets makeover – SA News". Archived from the original on 7 March 2014.
2. "More airports open for South African travel". Business Tech. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "Welcome – Pietermaritzburg Aero Club".
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.