List of airfields in Namibia
This is a list of the airfields in Namibia .
Except for the airports of the Namibia Airports Company, these are mostly private airfields . The Namibian Civil Aviation Authority (until 2016 Department of Civil Aviation ), the Civil Aviation Authority of Namibia distinguishes between airports ( English airport ), airports (English airfield ) and landing sites (English landing strip ).
Airfields according to DCA
The following airports have been recognized as public airports by the Namibian air traffic control authority Namibia Civil Aviation Authority ( Department of Civil Aviation until 2016 ) (status: November 15, 2003).
Surname | IATA | ICAO | place | Height (meters) |
Length × width 1 (meters) |
Orientation 1 | Surface 1 | Art | operator | status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hosea Kutako International Airport | WDH | FYWH | east of Windhoek | 1,719 | 4,575 × 45 | 08/26 | asphalt | International | NAC | Entry customs airport |
Walvis Bay International Airport | WVB | FYWB | Walvis Bay | 91 | 2,134 × 30 | 09/27 | asphalt | International | NAC | Entry customs airport |
Airport Eros | ERS | FYWE | Windhoek | 1,699 | 2,229 × 30 | 01/19 | asphalt | International | NAC | Entry customs airport |
Grootfontein Airport | GFY | FYGF | Grootfontein | 1,413 | 3,560 × 45 | 08/26 | asphalt | International | air force | |
Katima Mulilo Airport | MPA | FYKM | Katima Mulilo | 958 | 2,292 × 30 | 09/27 | asphalt | International | NAC | Entry customs airport |
Gravenstein Airfield | --- | FYGV | Gravenstein | 1,331 | 684 × 40 | gravel | National | Private | ||
Karibib Airport | KRB | FYKA | Caribib | ? | 2490 × ?? | gravel | Local | air force | ||
Keetmanshoop Airport | KMP | FYKT | Keetmanshoop | 1,069 | 2,316 × 45 | 04/22 | asphalt | International | NAC | Entry customs airport |
Lianshulu Airfield | --- | FYLS | south of Kongola | 957 | 1,310 × 25 | gravel | National | Private | ||
Lüderitz Airport | LUD | FYLZ | Luderitz | 139 | 1,830 × 30 | 04/22 | asphalt | International | NAC | Entry customs airport |
Mariental airfield | --- | FYML | Mariental | 1,150 | 2,050 × 25 | 19/01 | asphalt | National | Private | |
Mokuti airfield | OKU | FYMO | Mokuti Etosha Lodge | 1,117 | 2200 × 25 | gravel | National | Private | ||
Ondangwa Airport | OND | FYOA | Ondangwa | 1,097 | 2,990 × 30 | 08/26 | asphalt | International | NAC | Entry customs airport |
Oranjemund Airport | OMD | FYOG | Oranjemund | 4th | 1,601 × 18 | 08/26 | asphalt | International | NAMDEB | Entry customs airport |
Rag Rock Airfield | --- | FYRR | north of the Brandberg | 640 | 1,000 × 25 | gravel | National | Private | ||
Rundu Airport | NDU | FYRU | Rundu | 1.104 | 3,354 × 30 | 08/26 | asphalt | International | NAC | Entry customs airport |
Swakopmund Airfield | SWP | FYSM | Swakopmund | 52 | 1,600 × 18 | 06/24 | asphalt | National | Swakopmund Airfield CC until October 31, 2009 |
Entry customs airport |
Tsumeb airport | TSB | FYTM | Tsumeb | 1,327 | 1,470 × 17 | 12/30 | asphalt | National | Private | |
Arandis Airport | ADI | FYAR | Arandis | 580 | 1,920 × ?? | 10/28 | asphalt | National | Private | |
Gobabis airfield | GOG | FYGB | Gobabis | 1,441 | 2,255 × 25 | 07/25 | gravel | International | Private | Entry customs airport |
1 Figures refer to the longest available runway.
International airports are automatically also national airports.
More airfields
Surname | IATA | ICAO | place | Height (meters) |
Length × width 1 (meters) |
Orientation 1 | Surface 1 | Art | operator | status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bitterwasser Airport | --- | FYBJ | Farm Bitterwasser | 1,275 | 1,700 × 35 | 09/27 | gravel | Gliding | Bitterwasser (Pty) Ltd. | |
Pokweni Airfield | --- | FYPO | southeast of Rehoboth | 1,300 | 2,500 × 30 | 17/35 | gravel | Gliding | Private | |
Opuwo airfield | OPW | FYOP | Opuwo | ? | ???? × ?? | gravel | Local | Private | ||
Karasburg Airfield | CHEESE | FYKB | Karasburg | 1012 | 1524 × 25 | 04/22 | asphalt | National | Private | |
Oshakati Airfield | OHI | FYOS | Oshakati | 334 | 1036 × ?? | 17/35 | asphalt | Local | Private | shut down |
Outjo airfield | OUT | FYOJ | Outjo | 1,216 | 1860 × ?? | sand | Local | Private | ||
Kiripotib glider airfield | FYKH | Uhlenhorst | 1366 | 1410 1500 |
26/08 18/36 |
Sand sand |
Gliding | Private |
1 Figures refer to the longest available runway
- Aminuis AMN Airport in Aminuis (FYAM)
- Ariamsvlei Airfield ARM in Ariamsvlei (FYAV)
- Airfield Aroab ARB in Aroab (FYAB)
- Airfield Off OFF in Off (FYAS)
- Bethanien Airfield BTH in Bethanien (FYBC)
- Epukiro EPK Airport in Epukiro (FYEK)
- Helmeringhausen airfield HLM in Helmeringhausen (FYHH)
- Airfield Hobas HBS at Hobas (FYHS)
- Ibenstein Airport in Ibenstein (FYIB)
- Private airfield Kalahari in Kalahari (FYKE)
- Kalkfeld Airfield in Kalkfeld (FYKD)
- Kamanjab KMN Airport in Kamanjab (FYKJ)
- Leonardville LNR Airport in Leonardville (FYLV)
- Maltahöhe MLT Airport in Maltahöhe (FYMH)
- Private airfield Namib-Naukluft-Lodge in Namib-Naukluft-Lodge (FYNN)
- Namtib Airfield on Farm Namtib (FYNT)
- Private airfield Namutoni NNI at Fort Namutoni (FYNA)
- Private airfield Okaukuejo OKF in Okaukuejo (FYOO)
- Okahandja OKH Airfield in Okahandja (FYON)
- Airfield Omaruru in Omaruru (FYOM)
- Airfield Ondangwa OND in Ondangwa (FYOA)
- Operet OPR Airport in Operet (FYOU)
- Otavi OTV Airport in Otavi (FYOV)
- Otjiwarongo OTJ Airfield in Otjiwarongo (FYOW)
- Pokweni Airport Car in Pokweni (FYPO)
- Rooikoop Airfield in Rooikoop (FYRK)
- Airfield Rosh Pinah in Rosh Pinah (FYRP)
- Ruacana Airport in Ruacana (FYRC)
- Airfield Sesriem in Sesriem (FYSS)
- Airport Solitaire SLT in Solitaire (Fyso)
- Airfield Sossusvlei in Sossusvlei (FYSL)
- Airport Terrace Bay in Terrace Bay (TCY)
- Tsumkwe Airfield in Tsumkwe (FYTK)
- Uis Airfield in Uis (FYUS)
- Witvlei Airfield WTV in Witvlei (FYWI)
- Wolvedans Airfield WLV in Wolvedans (FYWD)
Web links
- Namibia Airports Company (English)
- Directorate of Civil Aviation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aerodromes and Heliports, Namibia DCA (PDF; 100 kB)
- ^ Airfields Directory for Southern Africa. Aviation Direct, South Africa 2016, ISBN 978-0-620-48088-8 , p. 375.