Skukuza airport
| Skukuza Airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | FASZ |
| IATA code | SZK |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 311 m (1020 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 4 km north of Skukuza / Kruger National Park |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1958 |
| operator | Skukuza Airport Management Company |
| surface | 53 ha |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 17/35 | 1550 m × 30 m asphalt |
The Skukuza Airport is an airport in the South African province of Mpumalanga near the Camp Skukuza in the Kruger National Park . It has a runway in north-south orientation.
history
The airport was opened in 1958 and closed to commercial air traffic in 2001; it served the South African military as a base until civil use began in 2014.
Skukuza Airport is operated by the Skukuza Airport Management Company, together with the state-owned company SANParks, which is responsible for the maintenance of all national parks in South Africa . The operating company is a merger of the airlines Airlink, Lion Sands and Federal Air and was awarded the contract to operate the airport in September 2013.
Associated with the tender was the obligation to renovate the airport. The modernization was carried out in the first half of 2014, on June 2, 2014 Airlink started operations from OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg .
Airlines and Destinations
The airport has been served regularly by the airline Airlink since June 2014 with and by smaller business jets to bring tourists to the national park, currently only 20 flight movements per day are allowed.
Since then, Airlink has been operating commercial and regular domestic flights, with flights to Johannesburg twice a day and Cape Town once a day, the airline mainly uses Cessna 208B Grand Caravan and ERJ 135 aircraft , with further destinations to be served in the future.
Web links
- Official website of the airport
- Sabi Sands Game Reserve
- Aeronautical map for Skukuza on SkyVector.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amanda Watson: Skukuza Airport open for business. citizen.co.za, July 28, 2014, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Astrid Röben: Sawubona Africa! In: Dietmar Plath (Ed.): Aero International . No. 04/2020 . Year Top Special Verlag, Hamburg March 2020, p. 58-67 .
- ^ The Skukuza Airport. Skukuza Airport, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Sibongile Mashaba Twana: Revamped Skukuza Airport opens for business. In: News24.com. July 29, 2014, accessed on August 15, 2015 (English): "Jointly owned by Lion Sands, Federal Air and Airlink, the Skukuza Airport Management Company officially opened for business on Monday after refurbishments of more than R40m were completed, the SABC reports . […] Scheduled Airlink flights from Johannesburg and Cape Town started flying into the airport on June 2. "
- ↑ Skukuza Airport Reopening. (No longer available online.) In: FedAir.com. Federal Airlines, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on August 15, 2015 (English): "The successful bidder will take over the operation of the Skukuza airport on September 1st, 2013 and commence with the alterations and improvements required to bring the airport to the international standard required to allow the operation of scheduled passenger services on airline category aircraft. ” Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Skukuza Airport Layout and Design. Skukuza Airport, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Andiswa Maqutu: SA Airlink to fly tourists directly to luxury safari lodges. In: bdlive.co.za. Business Day Live, May 15, 2015, accessed August 15, 2015 .
