Keetmanshoop Airport

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Keetmanshoop Airport
Control tower and terminal building of Keetmanshoop airfield
Characteristics
ICAO code FYKT
IATA code KMP
Coordinates

26 ° 32 '1 "  S , 18 ° 6' 0"  O Coordinates: 26 ° 32 '1 "  S , 18 ° 6' 0"  O
Height above MSL 1069 m (3507  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 5 km north of Keetmanshoop
Street B1
Basic data
operator Namibia Airports Company
Terminals 1
Passengers 959 (2019)
Flight
movements 		643 (2019)
Runways
04/22 2316 m × 45 m asphalt
18/36 1434 m × 30 m gravel (asphalt)

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A bird's eye view of slopes 04/22 and 18/36 (2017)

The Keetmanshoop Airport ( english Keetmanshoop Airport ; also Keetmanshoop JGH van der Wath Airport ) is the airport of the community Keetmanshoop in Namibia . The airport is located around five kilometers north of the city on the B1 national road and has a 2316 meter long main runway and an almost 1500 meter long replacement runway .

The airfield is the location of the Namibian Air Force and the Namibian Aviation Training Academy (NATA).

It is the largest airport in the country that is not used for scheduled flights and is operated by the state-owned Namibia Airports Company .

statistics

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Flight movements 1401 800   736   1246   899   942   937   967   993   ? 618 643  
Passengers 1370 1582   1530   2178   1980   2311   2287   2260   2479   ? 1188 953  

Source: Airport Statistics. Namibia Airports Company, January 2020.

Web links

Commons : Keetmanshoop Airport  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Us. NATA. Retrieved June 26, 2020.