Pietermaritzburg Airport

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Pietermaritzburg Airport

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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMsunduzi Local Municipality
OperatorAirports Company South Africa
ServesPietermaritzburg, South Africa
Midlands, South Africa
Location2 Pharazyn Way, Oribi, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Elevation AMSL2,423 ft / 739 m
Coordinates29°38′48″S 30°23′54″E / 29.64667°S 30.39833°E / -29.64667; 30.39833
Map
PZB is located in KwaZulu-Natal
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Location of Airport in KwaZulu-Natal
PZB is located in South Africa
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PZB (South Africa)
PZB is located in Africa
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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[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Airlink Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo

Aeronautical information[edit]

View of an Airlink aircraft from the arrivals area

Navigational aids[edit]

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

Communication[edit]

Communication Frequency 122.0 MHz

Notes[edit]

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[edit]

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

Traffic statistics[edit]

Annual passenger traffic for Pietermaritzburg Airport[4]
Year Passengers % Change
2010 59,199 Decrease2.0%
2011 95,875 Increase62.0%
2012 102,688 Increase7.1%
2013 109,897 Increase7.0%
2014 125,836 Increase14.5%
2015 129,848 Increase3.2%

References[edit]

  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)